The commander of the 9th Squadron (Staffelkapitän) of the 27th Bomber Squadron (9./KG 27) of the Nazi Luftwaffe Ober-Lieutenant Walter Grasemann (July 3, 1917 – November 26, 2007) listens to the report of a subordinate next to the Heinkel He-111 bomber with side number H-20 1G + BT.
Color photograph of the Third Reich in World War II.
In the photo, Walter Grasemann is shown with the Knight’s Iron Cross, which he was awarded on October 9, 1943, for successful hostilities on the western and eastern fronts, and for the destruction of two hundred railway cars, a heavy artillery battery and many industrial buildings and enemy airfields.
W. Grasemann photo source: thirdreichcolorpictures.blogspot.com.