Date of birth:

May 23rd, 1899 (Posen,Posen)

Date of death:

May 7th, 1946 (POW General Hospital Minsk)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Berjosa
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Oberst Ernst Friedrich Johann Gürke

00.00.1914-00.00.1918: Grenadier-Regiment 9
00.00.1939-00.03.1941: Kdr., Res.Flak-Abt. 221
01.08.1941: Kdr., Luftgau-FAS VI
00.08.1941: Major, Kdr., I. Abteilung, Flak-Rgt. 43, 15. Panzer-Division
00.12.1942-00.01.1943: Kdr., Feld-FAS (Süd) 20
11.01.1943-10.03.1945: Oberstleutnant (Tr.O./Flak), temporary Kdr. FFAS (Mitte) 13 Stolpmünde
01.04.1944: promoted to Oberst
22.02.1945: Oberst , Kdr. FFAS 13 Stolpmünde
10.03.1945-08.05.1945: Kdr., Flak-Rgt. "Gürke"
03.05.1945: Oberst, front employment as Flakführer Hela (north
of Danzig), 18. Flakdivision
00.05.1945: soviet POW
07.05.1946: died in soviet captivity

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

May 23rd, 1918

Awarded on:

September 19th, 1919

Awarded on:

September 19th, 1919

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1934

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 17th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 18th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 43, 15. Panzer-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 3rd, 1942

Awarded for his actions on the 27.05.1942 during the battle of Gazala. On this day a force of about 65 British tanks began a potentially dangerous attack against the rear of the 15. Panzer-Division. In response Oberst Wolz and Major Gürke formed a 3 km long continuous front of 8.8 cm AA guns to counter the British advance. It succeeded in this task while claiming 24 British tanks destroyed. Gürke would be awarded the Knights’ Cross for his invaluable role in this very important tactical victory.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

• Photo 1:
• Photo: - Major Guerkel, I./Flak Regiment 43, with the Knight's Cross. The date is the date of the award Stock Photo - Alamy
  
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
  - das-ritterkreuz.de
  - Oberst Ernst Gürke ,RKT der FlakAri - Feldgrau.net
  

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