Grauert, Ulrich, born 06-03-1889 in Berlin, one month before Adolf Hitler (did you know), joined the Prussian Army as a Fähnrich with the 1st Pommererische Field Artillery Regiment Nr 2 on 13-03-1909, age 20. He was promoted to Leutnant on 27-01-1910 and followed a course on the Field Artillery School in Jüterbog and then the artillery workshop in Spandau. With the beginning of the first war he as an Ordonnanzofficer came with the Staff of the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade under General Otto von Below 
. Otto von Below died 15-03-1944 aged 87 inFriedland, Nazi Germany. As a Oberleutnant Grauert in March 1915 was trained as an aircraft observer with the command of a Fighter squadron, Kampfstaffel, Kasta. He was allowed in the Reichswehr 
and appointed as commander of the airborne department of the Garde Kavallerie Schutzen Division 
and fighting with different Free Corpses against the Spartakisten, 
the Marxists Socialist in Germany. As the new 10 divisions Reichswehr 
wasn’t allow to have air crafts, Grauert returned to the Artillery in 1920 and rose in rank until 1933 as Division Commander. With the growing of the Wehrmacht and the secret training of the Luftwaffe 
in Russia Grauert, with his flying capacities, was transferred to the branch of service. He became the department leader with the new Reichsluftfahrtministerie , Luftwaffe headquarters and from 01-10-1936 promoted to Generalmajor. Assigned in 1937 as Higher Flight Commander 2, later the 1st Flyer Division and he became a Generalleutnant on 20-04-1938. After the Poland invasion Grauert’s Flight Corps appointed the 1st Flyer Corps with the rank Commanding General and promoted to General der Flieger. With his corps Grauert was involved in the Western invasion against Holland, 
Belgium and France and in the battle of Britain, (see Bomber Harris). 
As most Commanding Generals he, after the defeat of France, was awarded with the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross and promoted to Generaloberst on 19-07-1940. Ulrich Grauert was killed on 15-05-1941, age 52, when his Junkers Ju 52 was shot down by Flight Lieutenant Jerzy Jankiewicz 
, flying a Super marine Spitfire II, and 
Sergeant Wacław Giermer, flying a Spitfire II, from the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, nickname “Rafalki” 
near Saint-Omer on the French channel coast. Jankiewicz died in a crash above the channel on 25-11-1942, age 28 and his body is never found. No. 303 Squadron was the most effective Polish RAF squadron during the Second World War.
. Otto von Below died 15-03-1944 aged 87 inFriedland, Nazi Germany. As a Oberleutnant Grauert in March 1915 was trained as an aircraft observer with the command of a Fighter squadron, Kampfstaffel, Kasta. He was allowed in the Reichswehr and appointed as commander of the airborne department of the Garde Kavallerie Schutzen Division and fighting with different Free Corpses against the Spartakisten, the Marxists Socialist in Germany. As the new 10 divisions Reichswehr wasn’t allow to have air crafts, Grauert returned to the Artillery in 1920 and rose in rank until 1933 as Division Commander. With the growing of the Wehrmacht and the secret training of the Luftwaffe in Russia Grauert, with his flying capacities, was transferred to the branch of service. He became the department leader with the new Reichsluftfahrtministerie , Luftwaffe headquarters and from 01-10-1936 promoted to Generalmajor. Assigned in 1937 as Higher Flight Commander 2, later the 1st Flyer Division and he became a Generalleutnant on 20-04-1938. After the Poland invasion Grauert’s Flight Corps appointed the 1st Flyer Corps with the rank Commanding General and promoted to General der Flieger. With his corps Grauert was involved in the Western invasion against Holland, Belgium and France and in the battle of Britain, (see Bomber Harris). As most Commanding Generals he, after the defeat of France, was awarded with the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross and promoted to Generaloberst on 19-07-1940. Ulrich Grauert was killed on 15-05-1941, age 52, when his Junkers Ju 52 was shot down by Flight Lieutenant Jerzy Jankiewicz , flying a Super marine Spitfire II, and Sergeant Wacław Giermer, flying a Spitfire II, from the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, nickname “Rafalki” near Saint-Omer on the French channel coast. Jankiewicz died in a crash above the channel on 25-11-1942, age 28 and his body is never found. No. 303 Squadron was the most effective Polish RAF squadron during the Second World War.Death and burial ground of Grauert, Ulrich.
Generaloberst Ulrich Grauert, age 52, is buried on the German War Cemetery in Nampcel, France. Wolfgang Linke from Frankfurt am Main, visited the cemetery and kindly sent me his pictures.
