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Ewe, Alexander

    Date of birth:
    May 16th, 1904 (Bielefeld/Westphalia, Germany)
    Date of death:
    March 20th, 1961
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) Alexander Ewe served as Leitender Ingenieur Schwerer Kreuzer 'Admiral Scheer', as Abteilungschef OKM and as Seekommandant Ostfriesland.
    He finally reached the rank of Kapitän zur See.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Leitender Ingenieur Schwerer Kreuzer "Admiral Scheer"
    Awarded on:
    November 17th, 1942
    signed by Großadmiral Raeder Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine,
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 8th, 1940
    signed by Kapitän zur See Krancke Kommandant der „Admiral Scheer”
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 8th, 1940
    signed by Kapitän zur See Krancke Kommandant der „Admiral Scheer”
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Awarded on:
    October 26th, 1939
    Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Schwerer Kreuzer „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 5th, 1941
    signed by Vizeadmiral Schmundt Befehlshaber der Kreuzer
    Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (Lieutenant)
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (Lieutenant)
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre

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