(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Walter Grabmann
Born: 20 Sep 1905 in Bad Reichenhall
Died: 20 Aug 1992 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Polizei-Leutnant (01 Nov 1926); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1930); Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1934); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1935); Major (01 Dec 1938); Oberstleutnant (19 Jul 1940); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered Police Service as Company-Officer and Platoon-Leader with the Bavarian State-Police in Nuremberg and Recruitment-Trainer with the Police in Fürth (24 May 1924-31 Mar 1931)
Pilot-Training with the Air-Police then with the Air-Surveillance Bavaria-North, Fürth (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1934)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Pilot at the Bomber-School Lechfeld (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Fighter-Training at the Flying-School Schleißheim (01 Apr 1935-31 Jul 1935)
Course-Leader at the Flying-School Salzwedel (01 Aug 1935-06 Mar 1936)
Adjutant of the 134th Fighter-Wing ‘Horst Wesel’ (07 Mar 1936-14 Mar 1937)
Group-Commander in the 234th Fighter-Wing and Airbase-Commandant Köln-Ostheim (15 Mar 1937-31 Aug 1938)
Commander of the 88th Fighter-Group – Legion Condor (09 Sep 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Commander I. Group in the 1st Instruction-Wing, Barth, Pomerania (31 Mar 1939-17 Jul 1939)
Commander of the V. (Z) Group in the 1st Instruction-Wing, Barth, Pomerania (17 Jul 1939-14 Apr 1940)
Commodore of the 76th Destroyer-Wing and Fighter-Leader North Norway (15 Apr 1940-31 Jul 1941)
Commander of Destroyer-School 2, Memmingen (01 Aug 1941-19 Aug 1942)
Fighter-Leader Holland-Ruhr Area (20 Aug 1942-10 Nov 1943)
Commander of the 3rd Fighter-Division (11 Nov 1943-04 Apr 1945)
Commander of the 1st Fighter-Division (05 Apr 1945-29 Apr 1945)
Commander of the 15th Fighter-Division (30 Apr 1945-07 Jul 1945)
In British Captivity (07 Jul 1945-17 May 1948)
Released (17 May 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 14.09.1940 als Oberstleutnant und Kommodore des Zerstörergeschwader 76
- 1939 EK I
- 1939 EK II
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Medalla de la Camapaña de España
- Medalla Militar Individual de España
- Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugführer-und Beobachter-Abzeichen
- Frontflugspange für Jäger in Gold


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