Walter Storp

Infobox Military Person
name=Walter Storp
born=birth date|1910|2|10|df=y
died=death date and age|1981|8|9|1910|2|10|df=y
placeofbirth= Schnecken, East Prussia
placeofdeath=Goslar


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1930-1945
rank=Generalmajor
commands=KG 6, SKG 210, KG 76
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

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 Leaves on 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.

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)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.