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Wolff, Karl-Heinz (Kriegsmarine)

Date of birth:
October 16th, 1909 (Danzig)
Date of death:
June 11th, 1970 (Kiel)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Crew of 1926
Promotions:
10.10.1928: Seekadett
01.01.1930: Fähnrich zur See
01.10.1932: Leutnant zur See
00.00.1935: Oberleutnant (Luftwaffe)
00.00.1937: Hauptmann (Luftwaffe)
00.00.1939: Major (Luftwaffe)
01.10.1940: Korvettenkapitän
01.04.1944: Fregattenkapitän


Career:
10.10.1928: Seekadett
01.10.1932: promoted to Leutnant zur See
00.00.1935: transferred from the Kriegsmarine to the Luftwaffe
14.10.1936: Kapitänleutnant, Hauptmann arrived in Seville and was soon appointed Staka, Aufklärungsstaffel See, AS/88
00.00.1936-00.00.1937: Major, Kdr., AS/88, Legion Condor
00.02.1937: departed Spain to return to Germany and II./ KG 157
06.06.1939: Maj., AS/88 awarded the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Brillanten
00.00.1939: returned to the Kriegsmarine
01.10.1940: promoted to Korvettenkapitän
05.07.1941-12.08.1941: WO-Kommandantenschüler, U 74, Typ VIIB unter Kapitänleutnant Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat, Lorient - North Atlantic - West Spain - St. Nazaire : 38 days and 1 boat with 4.922 BRT sunk
00.11.1941-00.09.1942: Kdt, U 509, Typ IXC
25.06.1942: Kiel - Baltic - Kristiansand - North Atlantic - Mexico - Lorient : 79 days
00.10.1943-00.05.1944: I.O., Zerstörer "Z 15", "ERICH STEINBRINCK"
01.04.1944: promoted to Fregattenkapitän
Credited with one U-boat patrol

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Period:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Awarded on:
1939
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
Period:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Rank:
Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:
Kdr, Aufklärungsstaffel See, AS 88, Legion Condor
Awarded on:
June 6th, 1939
Spanienkreuz, Gold mit Schwertern und Brillianten

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - HMA

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