Date of birth:

April 1st, 1898 (Kleinhelmsdorf, Germany)

Date of death:

September 22nd, 1944 (Vathi harbour, Samos, Greece)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German

Crew of X/1915
00.09.1939-00.09.1940: "WIDDER"
00.10.1940-00.09.1941: Kdt, "KÖNIGIN LUISE"
01.04.1942: promoted to Korvettenkapitän der Reserve
00.05.1942-00.08.1942: Kdt, "BULGARIA"
00.08.1942-22.09.1944: Flot. Chef, 21. UJ und Kdt, "DRACHE"
22.09.1944: Beaufighter's attack on Minenschiff 'Drache' destroyed in Vathi Harbour, Samos Island zerstört

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

July 3rd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 2nd, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 27th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 7th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 17th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve (Lieutenant-Commander of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandant, Minnenschiff, "DRACHE", 21. Unterseebootsjagdflottille

Awarded on:

January 7th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve (Lieutenant-Commander of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandant, Minnenschiff, "DRACHE", 21. Unterseebootsjagdflottille

Awarded on:

October 22nd, 1944

Awarded posthumously for his achievements as one of the few Kriegsmarine specialists in naval mines. They included the laying of a mine barrier in the gulf of Finland as well as one between the island of Leros and the Turkish coast. This latter mine barrier in particular resulted in many allied ships sunk.

• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
  - Dörr M., Einer von Dreiunddreissig, Internationales Militaira Magazine Nr 124, september-oktober 2006, Heinz Nickel Buchbetrieb, Zweibrücken
  - Ehrentafel der Deutschen Kriegsmarine dd 18-11-1944