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Bloomfield, Thomas

    Date of birth:
    November 22nd, 1906 (Iserlohn/Westfalen, Germany)
    Date of death:
    1982
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Promotions:
    July 1st, 1944: Fregattenkapitän (Ing.).

    Career:
    1926: Reichsmarine;
    September 1939: W.I. Kreuzer "Blücher";
    May 1940: Ingenieur Stab MOK Norwegen;
    August 1940: Leiter, Marine-Ausrüstungsstelle Dünkirchen;
    October 1940: Personalreferent, Stationskommando Ostsee;
    September 1942 - May 1945: Ingenieur-Offizier, Marineattache Japan, Yokohama und Kobe.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Leiter, Stützpunkte Yokohama und Kobe, Deutsche Botschaft Tokio
    Awarded on:
    May 19th, 1943

    Also Ing.-Offz. with Marineattaché.
    Abzeichen Für Blockadebrecher

    Sources

    • - Lautenschläger U., Das Blockadebrecherabzeichen, die Kampfabzeichen der Kriegsmarine, Internationales Militaria-Magazine, Nr.135, September/Oktober 2008, VMD Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken

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