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Gronmeyer, Hugo

Date of birth:
February 15th, 1907
Date of death:
May 26th, 1983
Nationality:
German

Biography

Education received on Square riggers ( Cap Hornier ) and later to be in officers rank (III) at the HAPAG.
Postwar until retirement Seapilot on the River Elbe

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve
Unit:
Kommandant Flakjäger "Wiking 9" (FJ 23) / 11.Vorpostenflottille
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant zur See der Reserve
Awarded on:
August 5th, 1941
doc signed by Konteradmiral Eberhard Wolfram - Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant zur See der Reserve
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1940
doc signed by Konteradmiral Eberhard Wolfram, Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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

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