Date of birth:

October 19th, 1896 (Potsdam, Germany)

Date of death:

April 10th, 1940 ("Wilhelm Heidekamp"/Narvik, Norway)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
01.04.1914: Seekadett
13.07.1916: Leutnant zur See
28.09.1920: Oberleutnant zur See
01.04.1926: Kapitänleutnant
01.09.1933: Korvettenkapitän
01.04.1937: Fregattenkapitän
01.04.1939: Kapitän zur See
10.02.1940: Kommodore

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)

Unit:

Adjudant, Kommandeur, Baltische See Kommando

Awarded on:

October 24th, 1935

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Luitenant ter Zee 1e Klasse)

Unit:

Adjudant der Kommandeur Baltische See Kommando

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Luitenant ter Zee 1e Klasse)

Unit:

Adjudant der Kommandeur Baltische See Kommando

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Luitenant ter Zee 1e Klasse)

Unit:

Adjudant der Kommandeur Baltische See Kommando

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Luitenant ter Zee 1e Klasse)

Unit:

Adjudant der Kommandeur Baltische See Kommando

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Fregattenkapitän (Commander)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 2. Zerstörerflottille

Awarded on:

August 20th, 1938

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 2. Zerstörerflottille

Awarded on:

October 16th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur der Zerstörer

Awarded on:

November 13th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur der Zerstörer

Awarded on:

April 14th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur der Zerstörer

Awarded on:

April 17th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)

Unit:

Führer, Zerstörer und Kampfgruppe 'Narvik'

Awarded on:

October 17th, 1940

Awarded for his achievements during the Norwegian Campaign. He was the man who led Gruppe Narvik in one of the most contentious engagements of this particular theatre. He had the most difficult mission of all the German naval groups, being tasked with carrying General Dietl and his Gebirgsjäger on a 1200 knot journey through the British-dominated North Sea and into Narvik. He was able to land these men near Narvik successfully, but later he went down during the subsequent naval combat with the British fleet.

Awarded Posthumously.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 9th, 1941

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
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