Ulrich Grauert
Ulrich Grauert | |
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Born |
Berlin, Germany | 6 March 1889
Died |
15 May 1941 52) near Saint-Omer, France | (aged
Buried at | German Military Cemetery in Nampcel, France |
Allegiance |
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/branch |
Heer Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1909–41 |
Rank | Generaloberst |
Commands held | 1st Air Corps |
Battles/wars |
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Ulrich Grauert (6 March 1889 – 15 May 1941) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded 1st Air Corps. Grauert was killed on 15 May 1941 when his Junkers Ju 52 aircraft was shot down by F/Lt Jerzy Jankiewicz, flying a Supermarine Spitfire, and Sgt Wacław Giermer, flying a Spitfire II, from the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron near Saint-Omer on the French channel coast.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
- Clasp of the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 May 1940 as General der Flieger and Commanding General of the I. Flieger-Korps[2]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 24 May 1941
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Gretzyngier, Robert; Matusiak, Wojtek (2001). Poles in defence of Britain: a day-by-day chronology of Polish day and night fighter pilot operations, July 1940 - June 1941. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-902304-54-0.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 1, 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1941] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.
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Preceded by none |
Commander of I. Fliegerkorps 11 October 1939 – 15 May 1941 |
Succeeded by General der Flieger Helmuth Förster |
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