Date of birth:

May 27th, 1897 (Friedrichsthal,Eastern Prussia)

Date of death:

November 29th, 1972 (Bendestorf,Lower Saxony)

Nationality:

German

Generalleutnant Walter Ernst Georg Ludwig von Hippel

Promotions:
Portepee-Fähnrich: 8 August 1914
Degen-Fähnrich: 21 December 1914 (Patent 24 December 1914)
Leutnant (without Patent): 24 December 1914 (Patent established 27 January 1915)
Oberleutnant: 10 August 1925 (RDA 1 April 1925)
Rittmeister/Hauptmann: 1 April 1931
Major: 1 January 1936
Oberstleutnant: 1 January 1939
Oberst: 19 July 1940
Generalmajor: 1 April 1943
Generalleutnant: 1 August 1944

Career:
08.08.1914: Fähnrich, Infanterie-Regiment „Großherzog von Sachsen" (5.Thüringisches) Nr. 94
01.04.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe
01.10.1939-06.07.1940: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 102
00.06.1941-00.06.1942: Oberst, Kommandeur, 10. Flak-Brigade
01.07.1942-00.04.1944: Kdr, 3. Flak-Division, Hamburg
00.05.1944-01.02.1945: Kommandeur, 25. Flak-Division
10.02.1945-00.04.1945: Kdr, 27. Flak-Division, Königsberg
08.05.1945: British POW
00.00.1948: released

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

March 16th, 1915

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 22nd, 1915

with swords

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

May 27th, 1917

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

August 8th, 1917

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

July 18th, 1918

with swords

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

September 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

October 1st, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1934

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 1st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 15th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 102, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

July 29th, 1940

The following wartime excerpt describes why Hippel would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberst von Hippel and his Flak-Regiment proved themselves in battle while supporting a Panzerkorps during the advance through Luxembourg and Belgium up until the closing of the Operation on the Channel coastline. Oberst von Hippel fulfilled his assigned tasks in close cooperation with the Panzer forces while displaying great bravery, decisiveness, prudence and skill.

In the further fighting along the Somme, Marne and Seine, as well as in the pursuit battles into southern France, Oberst von Hippel once again distinguished himself while leading his Regiment. He did so through his skillful military acumen, all while demonstrating great calm and personal readiness for action. During the time period 10.05.-22.06.1940 the Flak-Regiment 102 destroyed the following…

- 500 aircraft
- 31 tanks
- 33 bunkers
- 1 warship
- 21 transports

Of the 500 aircraft, 242 were destroyed or captured while on the ground.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 25th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 13th, 1942

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
  - das-ritterkreuz.de
  - Viertaschenrock des Generalmajors der Luftwaffe Walter von Hippel. Auktionshaus Andreas Thies EK.