1. Walter Grabmann was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
10 Facts About Walter Grabmann
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Walter Grabmann was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
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Walter Grabmann joined the Police force in 1924, learning to fly and serving with the Luftpolizei, assigned to Flight Surveillance North Bavaria, Furth.
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Walter Grabmann then enlisted in the Luftwaffe in October 1934, and served as Adjutant, Jagdgeschwader 134 "Horst Wessel" from March 1936.
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From September 1938 to March 1939 Major Walter Grabmann was Commander of Jagdgruppe 88 with the German Condor Legion in Spain, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes and early versions of the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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Walter Grabmann claimed a Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and an SB-2 bomber all shot down on 23 September 1938.
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On 18 May 1940 Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricanes shot down 3 Bf 110Cs of ZG 76, including Walter Grabmann, while flying a low-level attack on Douai airfield.
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Walter Grabmann was rescued six days later by an advancing German panzer column.
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Walter Grabmann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 September 1940.
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General Major Walter Grabmann was taken prisoner at the end of the war, and repatriated to Germany in May 1948.