Fleige, Karl (U-18)
- Date of birth:
- September 5th, 1905 (Hildesheim/Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 16th, 1975 (Erzhausen-Bad Gandersheim/Lowersaxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
01.10.1924: Rekrut
01.05.1927: Obersignalgast
01.10.1928: Signalgefreiter
01.10.1930: Signalobergefreiter
01.04.1932: Signalmaat
01.07.1934: Obersignalmaat
01.08.1937: Obersteuermann
01.11.1938: Stabssteuermann
01.10.1940: Stabsobersteuermann
01.04.1942: Leutnant zur See
01.10.1942: Oberleutnant zur See
01.04.1945: Kapitänleutnant
Career:
00.05.1938-00.04.1940: Stabsobersteuermann, WO, U-20
00.05.1940-00.08.1941: Stabsobersteuermann, III. WO, U-123
03.12.1942-25.05.1944: Kdt, U-18
07.06.1944-25.08.1944: Kdt, U-18
00.05.1945: Kdt, U-4712
09.05.1945-01.08.1945: British POW in Germany
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- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, "U 18"
- Awarded on:
- July 18th, 1944
Awarded for his successful record of seven war patrols in the Black Sea, where he commanded U-18. In total he sank 1 ship and damaged 2 others.
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- Photo: Kapitänleutnant Karl Fleige - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net
- Karl Fleige – U-Boot-Archiv Wiki
- - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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