Walter Storp

Walter Storp (born February 2, 1910 in Schnecken ( East Prussia ), † August 9, 1981 in Goslar ) was an officer , most recently major general , of the German Air Force in World War II .

Life

Promotions

• January 1, 1930 Ensign at sea
• April 1, 1931 Senior Ensign at Sea
• October 1, 1932 Lieutenant at sea
• October 1, 1934 First Lieutenant
• October 1, 1938 Captain
• November 1, 1940 Major
• 1st February 1943 Lieutenant Colonel
• 1st August 1943 Colonel
• November 1, 1944 Major General

Storp joined the Reichsmarine on April 1, 1928 and began his naval training there at the Mürwik Naval School . During this time he completed his practical on-board training on the ships in Emden and Cologne . By September 30, 1934 he completed several courses for ensigns as well as a naval aviation training .

On October 1, 1934, Storp transferred to the Luftwaffe, which was being secretly set up, and was then an aircraft pilot and temporarily deputy squadron captain of on- board flight squadron 1 (M) / 106 until the end of February 1936 . From March to May 1936 he acted as course leader of the 1st Naval Aviation Reserve Officer Course in Bug . Following this, he was an on-board pilot on the ironclad Admiral Scheer from May to the end of September . When he was promoted to captain on October 1, 1938, Storp moved to the air force test center in Travemünde , later Tarnewitz and Rechlin , as a test manager and test pilot . He held this position until the end of March 1938. On April 1, 1938, he became squadron captain in the 1/196 flight squadron in Holtenau .

On October 1, 1938, Storp moved to the Reich Ministry of Aviation (RLM), where he served as a consultant and deputy group leader of the tactical-technical group in the Air Force's command staff until December 31, 1939. During this time he was chief pilot of Major General Hans Jeschonnek . From January to the end of February 1940 he was deployed as a squadron captain in Kampfgeschwader 30 and then in the same position until May 13, 1940 in Kampfgeschwader 4 . From May 14th to the end of August 1940 he was deputy commander of the III. Group of Kampfgeschwaders 4 and then until the end of March 1941 commander of Group II of Kampfgeschwader 76 .

On April 1, 1941, Storp, meanwhile in the rank of major, rose to the rank of Commodore in Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 and remained so until the end of September 1941. He then returned to Berlin and was group leader II in the Luftwaffe's command staff from October 1941 to the end of August 1942 RLM. Then Storp took over from September 1942 to September 10, 1943 as a commodore, the leadership of Kampfgeschwader 6 in France . On September 11, 1943, he was promoted to fighter pilot Mediterranean, which he remained until the end of November 1943. Storp served as chief of staff of the IV. Flieger-Korps from December 1943 to the end of May 1944. He then returned to Kampfgeschwader 76 as a commodore and colonel , where he remained from June to the end of September 1944.

From October 1, 1944 to the end of January 1945, he acted as general of the fighter pilots and then from February 1 to May 8, 1945 as commander of the 5th Aviation Division . At the end of the war, Storp fell into British captivity, from which he was released in February 1948.

Awards

• Front flight clasp for combat and dive fighter pilots in gold
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Knight's Cross on October 21, 1940
  • Oak leaves on July 14, 1942 (22nd award)

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The General of the Air Force 1935-1945 , Habermehl-Nuber, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 376481701-1 , p. 359f