# Walter Storp

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{{unreliable sources|date=March 2017}}{{Infobox military person
|name=Walter Storp
|birth_date={{birth date|1910|2|2|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1981|8|9|1910|2|10|df=y}}
|birth_place= [Schnecken](/source/Slavsky_District), [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia)
|death_place=[Goslar](/source/Goslar)
|image=
|caption=Storp (left), on the cover of ''[Der Adler](/source/Der_Adler)'', a propaganda publication of the Luftwaffe (1943)
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br/>{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=<!----{{navy|Weimar Republic}}<br/>{{navy|Nazi Germany}}<br/>--->[Luftwaffe](/source/Luftwaffe)
|service_years=1928–45
|rank=[Generalmajor](/source/Generalmajor)
|commands=[KG 6](/source/KG_6), [SKG 210](/source/SKG_210), [KG 76](/source/KG_76)
|unit=
|battles=[Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War)<br />[World War II](/source/World_War_II)
|awards=[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves)
|other_work=
}}

'''Walter Storp''' (2 February 1910 – 9 August 1981) was a German bomber pilot and commander of several bomber wings during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He was a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves). Storp reached the rank of [Generalmajor](/source/Generalmajor) and ended the war as commander of the [5th Air Division](/source/5th_Air_Division_(Germany)) in Norway.

Storp was born on 2 February 1910 in Schnecken, [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia), the son of a [forester](/source/forester). After he received his ''[Abitur](/source/Abitur)'' (diploma) in 1928 he joined the military service and served in the navy.<ref name="Schumann pp185,187">Schumann 2007, pp. 185, 187.</ref> Holding the rank of ''Oberleutnant'' he served in the ''Bordfliegerstaffel'' 1./106 (on board flyers squadron) until February 1936. From May to September he was a pilot aboard the [heavy cruiser ''Admiral Scheer''](/source/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer), participating in the ship's first cruise of the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) in August 1936.<ref>Kaiser 2010, p. 71.</ref>

Storp was assigned to the [Reich Ministry of Aviation](/source/Ministry_of_Aviation_(Germany)) on 1 October 1938 and at the same time became the chief pilot of general [Hans Jeschonnek](/source/Hans_Jeschonnek). Serving briefly with [KG 30](/source/KG_30) in early 1940, Storp became temporary ''[Gruppenkommandeur](/source/Gruppenkommandeur)''  of III ''gruppe,'' [KG 4](/source/KG_4) between May and August 1940.{{cn|date=April 2017}} He was then appointed group commander of II./[Kampfgeschwader 76](/source/Kampfgeschwader_76) (II./KG 76—2nd Group of the 76th Bomber Wing) on 12 September 1940. He and his crew performed a successful low-altitude attack over the English Midlands on 27 September 1940.<ref name="Schumann p185">Schumann 2007, p. 185.</ref>

In April 1941 Storp was appointed commander of [Schnellkampfgeschwader 210](/source/Schnellkampfgeschwader_210), leading the unit during operations against the Soviet Union during 1941. He then was transferred to a RLM staff appointment in October 1941, before a further move in September 1942, as ''Geschwaderkommodore'' of [Kampfgeschwader 6](/source/Kampfgeschwader_6). A return to KG 76 occurred in June 1944, while in February 1945 he became Commander of the ''5th Flieger-Division'' until the end of the war.

==Awards==
* [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1939) 2nd Class (2 October 1939) & 1st Class (26 April 1940)<ref name="Thomas p353">Thomas 1998, p. 353.</ref>
* [Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe](/source/Ehrenpokal_der_Luftwaffe) (20 October 1940)<ref name="Schumann p187">Schumann 2007, p. 187.</ref>
* [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves)
** Knight's Cross (21 October 1940) 149th recipient in the Luftwaffe as [Hauptmann](/source/Hauptmann) and [Gruppenkommandeur](/source/Gruppenkommandeur) of the II./ Kampfgeschwader 76<ref name="Scherzer p727">Scherzer 2007, p. 727.</ref>
** Oak Leaves (14 July 1941) as [Major](/source/Major_(Germany)) und ''[Geschwaderkommodore](/source/Geschwaderkommodore)'' of the Schnellkampfgeschwader 210<ref name="Scherzer p727"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|25em}}
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
  |last=Kaiser
  |first=Jochen
  |year=2010
  |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger—Band 1
  |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Bomber Fliers—Volume 1
  |language=German, English
  |location=Bad Zwischenahn, Germany
  |publisher=Luftfahrtverlag-Start
  |isbn=978-3-941437-07-4
}}
* {{Cite book
  |last=Scherzer
  |first=Veit
  |year=2007
  |title=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
  |trans-title=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
  |language=German
  |location=Jena, Germany
  |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
  |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}
* Schumann, Ralf (2007). ''Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 des LG 1'' (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. {{ISBN|978-3-86619-013-9}}.
* {{Cite book
  |last=Thomas
  |first=Franz
  |year=1998
  |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z
  |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z
  |language=German
  |location=Osnabrück, Germany
  |publisher=Biblio-Verlag
  |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9
}}
{{Refend}}

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{{succession box
|before=none
|after=Major [Arved Crüger](/source/Arved_Cr%C3%BCger)
|title= Commander of [Schnellkampfgeschwader 210](/source/Schnellkampfgeschwader_210)
|years=24 April 1941 – 30 September 1941
}}
{{succession box
|before=Oberstleutnant Hahn
|after=Oberstleutnant [Hermann Hogeback](/source/Hermann_Hogeback)
|title= Commander of [Kampfgeschwader 6](/source/Kampfgeschwader_6)
|years=1 September 1942 – 11 September 1943
}}
{{succession box
|before=Oberstleutnant [Rudolf Hallensleben](/source/Rudolf_Hallensleben)
|after=Oberleutnant [Robert Kowalewski](/source/Robert_Kowalewski)
|title= Commander of [Kampfgeschwader 76](/source/Kampfgeschwader_76)
|years=1 June 1944 – 30 September 1944
}}
{{succession box
|before=—
|after=—
|title= [General der Kampfflieger](/source/General_der_Kampfflieger)
|years=1 October 1944 – 31 January 1945
}}
{{succession box
|before=Oberst Dr. [Ernst Kühl](/source/Ernst_K%C3%BChl)
|after=—
|title= Commander of [5th Air Division](/source/5th_Air_Division_(Germany)) (1944–1945)
|years=31 January 1945 – 8 May 1945
}}
{{s-end}}

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| portal2=Biography
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Category:Reichsmarine personnel
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom

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