Weber, Horst Benno Fridigern
- Date of birth:
- August 8th, 1919 (Münster, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 8th, 2007 (Bad Neuenahr, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Medaglia de bronzo al Valore
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See (1st Lieutenant at Sea)
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See (1st Lieutenant at Sea)
- Unit:
- Kommandant Schnellboot "S 55" / 3.Schnellbootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- November 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant Schnellboot "S 55" / 3.Schnellbootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- July 5th, 1943
- Capturing a Norwegian supply ship of 1000 GRT with S-19.
- Sinking a merchantman of 3000 GRT (22.09.1940)
- Sinking the British destroyer "Hasty" (15.06.1942)
- Capturing three British landing craft with 115 prisoners near Sidi el Barani (20.06.1942)
- Sinking a merchantman of 15000 GRT (13.08.1942)
- Sinking a Soviet submarine (S-3), destroyer, torpedo boat, and two small ships all in the opening days of Barbarossa.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1943
Red Zeljeni Trolist Third Class Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1941
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Axis History Forum
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