Walter Storp

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Walter Storp
10 February 1910(1910-02-10) – 9 August 1981 (aged 71)
Place of birth	Schnecken, East Prussia
Place of death	Goslar
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine Luftwaffe
Years of service	1930-1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	KG 6, SKG 210
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Storp (2 February 1910 – 9 August 1981) was a German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot and commander of various bomber wings.

Walter Storp was the twenty-second recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaveson 14 July 1941. Storp survived the war with the rank of Generalmajor and commander of the 5th Fliegerdivision in Norway, he was captured by the British and released in 1948.

[edit] Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (26 April 1940)
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
• Pilots Badge
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 October 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Black
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Combat Pilots in Gold
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross (21 October 1940) 149th recipient in the Luftwaffe as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./ Kampfgeschwader 76
  • 22. Oak Leaves (14 July 1941) as Major und Geschwaderkommodore of the Schnellkampfgeschwader 210
• Mentioned two times in the Wehrmachtbericht (27 September 1940; 4 November 1940)

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Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 24 April 1941 – 30 September 1941	Succeeded by Major Arved Crüger
Preceded by Oberstleutnant Hahn	Commander of Kampfgeschwader 6 1 September 1942 – 11 September 1943	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Hermann Hogeback
Preceded by Oberstleutnant Rudolf Hallensleben	Commander of Kampfgeschwader 76 1 June 1944 – 30 September 1944	Succeeded by Oberleutnant Robert Kowalewski