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Grabmann joined the Police force in 1924, learning to fly and serving with the
Luftpolizei (Air Police), assigned to Flight Surveillance North Bavaria, FĂĽrth. He then enlisted in the Luftwaffe in October 1934, and served as Adjutant,
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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
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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
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airfield. He parachuted to safety (his gunner Fw. Krone was killed) and was captured by French troops. Grabmann was rescued six days later by an advancing German panzer column.
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bomber all shot down on 23 September 1938. Another SB-2 was downed on 10 October 1938, and a I-16 on 15 October. His last claim (an I-15) was on 4 January 1939.
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over Warsaw on the evening of 1 September 1939. Major
Grabmann was wounded in this encounter when his Bf 110 was hit by fire from a Polish PZL P.11 fighter.
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and found documentation for 13 aerial victory claims. This number of confirmed claims includes seven claims during the
Spanish Civil War and six over the
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Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
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Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
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General Major
Grabmann was taken prisoner at the end of the war, and repatriated to Germany in May 1948. He died in Munich on 20 August 1992.
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1005:] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck.
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1109:Kurt-Bertram von Döring
1020:Scherzer, Veit (2007).
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678:(14 September 1940) as
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324:Zerstörergeschwader 76
650:Medalla de la Campaña
399:Aerial victory claims
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300:Messerschmitt Bf 110
249:Messerschmitt Bf 109
143:3rd Fighter Division
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989:978-3-87341-065-7
966:978-1-906592-19-6
947:978-1-84908-347-8
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394:Summary of career
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357:Zerstörerschule 2
350:Battle of Britain
331:Hawker Hurricanes
326:. On 18 May 1940
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269:Gruppenkommandeur
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1417:1992 deaths
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1198:flying aces
104:Luftpolizei
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