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About Walter Storp
- Walter Storp (2 February 1910 – 9 August 1981) was a German bomber pilot and commander of several bomber wings during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
- Storp reached the rank of Generalmajor and ended the war as commander of the 5th Air Division in Norway. Storp was born on 2 February 1910 in Schnecken, East Prussia, the son of a forester.
- After he received his Abitur (diploma) in 1928 he joined the military service and served in the navy.
- 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, participating in the ship's first cruise of the Spanish Civil War in August 1936.Storp was assigned to the Reich Ministry of Aviation on 1 October 1938 and at the same time became the chief pilot of general Hans Jeschonnek.
- Serving briefly with KG 30 in early 1940, Storp became temporary Gruppenkommandeur of III gruppe, KG 4 between May and August 1940.
- He was then appointed group commander of II./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.In April 1941 Storp was appointed commander of 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.
- 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.
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