Wünning, Joachim (Minnenschiff, "DRACHE")
- 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
Biography
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:
- 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.
Sources
- - 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