Müller, Albert (KM-Schnellboot)

Date of birth:: April 3rd, 1913 (Beesenstedt, Germany)
Date of death:: April 3rd, 2005 (Dahn, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Medaglia de bronzo al Valore

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 4th, 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant zur See (1st Lieutenant at Sea)
Unit:: ständiger stellvertretender Flottillenchef und Kommandant Schnellboot "S 59" / 3.Schnellbootsflottille
Awarded on:: November 21st, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Kapitänleutnant
Unit:: Kommandant, S-Begleitschiff “Hermann von Wissmann” / 3.Schnellbootsflottille
Awarded on:: December 13th, 1943

Awarded for his successes as an S-Boat commander. As the captain of S 59 he participated in approximately 85 sorties, during which he sank 6 ships with 30000 GRT and 2 destroyers. Later, as the acting Flottille commander, he sank a further 2 destroyers, 2 large landing craft and shot down an aircraft.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: March 8th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1940

Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen ohne Brillianten

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes

Awarded on:: December 20th, 1939

Wehrmachtbericht

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 30th, 1941

Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der BRD

Awarded on:: August 27th, 1971

Ärmelband Afrika

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Wehrmacht Awards.com
Photo: Wehrmacht Awards.com
- DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
- 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
- Wehrmacht Awards.com