Opdenhoff, Hermann

Date of birth:: January 9th, 1915 (Falkenberg, Sweden)
Date of death:: March 22nd, 1945 (Den Helder, the Netherlands)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: April 27th, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 11th, 1940

Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen ohne Brillianten

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: December 11th, 1940

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant zur See
Unit:: Kommandant Schnellboot S-31
Awarded on:: May 16th, 1940

Awarded for his actions on 10.05.1940. On this day a group of four German S-Boats attacked a British naval formation consisting of the cruiser "Birmingham" as well as 7 destroyers. Opdenhoff torpedoed the British destroyer "Kelly" and claimed to have sunk it, resulting in his being awarded the Knight's Cross. However the ship was in fact only heavily damaged, and was towed back to the harbour at Newcastle by the destroyer "Bulldog".

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- DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.

Opdenhoff, Hermann

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen ohne Brillianten

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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