Dominik, Ernst
- Date of birth:
- April 20th, 1905 (Gieboldehausen - Göttingen)
- Date of death:
- December 26th, 1943 (Barents Sea)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
August 1st, 1939: Korvettenkapitän
April 1st, 1943: Fregattenkapitän
Career:
November 1937 - June 1938: Kommandant (in Vertretung) Artillerieschulschiff "Bremse";
October 8th, 1938- October 1938: Kommandant (in Vertretung) Artillerieschulschiff "Bremse";
January 1939 - April 1941: Flak-Artillerie Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst";
April 1941 - February 1943: 1.Artillerieoffizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst";
April 1943 - December 26th, 1943: 1.Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst".
KIA when 'Scharnhorst' was sunk by British Naval forces in the Barents Sea in December 1943
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Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
- Unit:
- Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst"
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fregattenkapitän (Commander)
- Unit:
- 1.Artillerieoffizier/1.Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst"
- Awarded on:
- July 22nd, 1944
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
- Awarded on:
- November 29th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wulf Dominik
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Verleihungsurkunde DKiG, Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
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