Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Grauert was killed on 15 May 1941 when his Junkers Ju 52 7U+Member of the Order of Merit was shot down by F/Lieutenant Jerzy Jankiewicz, flying a Supermarine Spitfire II P8130, and Sgt Wacław Giermer, flying a Spitfire II P7786, from the Number. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron near Saint-Omer on the French channel coast.
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