# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-boenicke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:16:47.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-boenicke"
name: "Walter Boenicke"
slug: "walter-boenicke"
description: "Walter Boenicke was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the 3. Flieger Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Boenicke surrendered to the British troops in May 1945 and committed suicide on 21 April 1947."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipients (1895-1947)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1895-12-15"
deathDate: "1947-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.61
  momentum:             11.11111111111111
  historical:           5.672426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Boenicke"
    title: "Walter Boenicke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "والتر بوينيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Boenicke"
    title: "Walter Boenicke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Вальтер Беніке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Boenicke"
    title: "Walter Boenicke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Boenicke"
    title: "Walter Boenicke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10393042"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump