Loewer, Kurt

Date of birth:: January 27th, 1897 (Hamburg/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: October 18th, 1985 (Münster/Westfalen, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Korvettenkapitän d.R.
Unit:: Flottillenchef der 11. Vorpostenflottille
Awarded on:: June 1st, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
Unit:: Flottillenchef 11. Vorpostenflottille
Awarded on:: June 24th, 1944

Awarded for his distinguished command of the 11. Vorpostenflottille throughout WWII. Despite having no outstanding deeds to his credit, the sum of his wartime achievements were considered far in excess of most of his contemporaries. He would be recognized accordingly. While protecting his convoy escort sector (Cuxhaven-Rotterdam) Loewer’s Flottille shot down almost 50 enemy aircraft, destroyed 4 MTBs and heavily damaged another 4.