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Bender, Waldemar

Date of birth:
December 28th, 1885 (Danzig)
Date of death:
December 6th, 1950 (Kiel)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

28.09.1908: Leutnant zur See
05.09.1911: Oberleutnant zur See
24.04.1916: Kapitänleutnant
01.02.1925: Korvettenkapitän
01.01.1930: Fregattenkapitän
01.04.1932: Kapitän zur See
01.07.1942: Konteradmiral z.V.

Career:
Retired (27 Sep 1935)
Placed at the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Chief of Staff of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Drontheim (Norway) (01 Mar 1941-04 May 1942)
Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Bergen (Norway) (08 May 1942-03 Mar 1943)
Commandant of the Sea-Waterway Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (09 Jun 1943-10 Jan 1945)
Placed at the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (11 Jan 1945-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)

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