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German World War II Luftwaffe general and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Ulrich Grauert
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German World War II Luftwaffe general and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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6 March 1889, Berlin
Death
15 May 1941, Saint-Omer (aged 52 years)
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52 years
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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.
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
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 24 May 1941
- Scherzer 2007, p. 346.
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