Date of birth:

January 2nd, 1904 (Stettin-Frauendorf/Pomerania, Germany)

Date of death:

September 14th, 1941 (Helsinki, Finland)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
August 26th, 1939: Bootsmaat d.R.;
October 14th, 1939: Steuermann d.R.;
June 1st, 1940: Leutnant zur See d.R.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant zur See der Reserve

Unit:

Kommandant, R 61, 5. Räumbootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

December 27th, 1941

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for his role in the laying of the Juminda mine barrier. He succeeded in closing an important gap in this barrier and thereby complete the trapping of the Soviet fleet in the Gulf of Finland.

Awarded posthumously.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 17th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 26th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 1st, 1940

• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - deutsches-marinearchiv.de