Wolfram, Eberhard (Vizeadmiral z.V.)
- Date of birth:
- July 24th, 1882 (Gerbstedt/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 6th, 1947 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Eberhard Wolfram reached the rank of Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine.
Military career:
19.04.01 Fähnrich zur See
27.09.03 Leutnant zur See
10.06.05 Oberleutnant zur See
20.04.10 Kapitänleutnant
29.11.19 Korvettenkapitän
01.04.25 Fregattenkapitän
01.01.28 Kapitän zur See
31.01.31 char. Konteradmiral
01.02.40 Konteradmiral
01.07.43 Vizeadmiral z.V.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 18th, 1915
Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- February 14th, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1935
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Konteradmiral (Commodore)
- Unit:
- Befehshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee, Kriegsmarine (Commander-in-Chief of the security North Sea)
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1941
"Vizeadmiral Wolfram, Commander of the North Sea Security Forces, has achieved much with his subordinate light naval forces. In the last three weeks alone, 18 enemy aircraft were shot down and 7 damaged. Due to his wealth of personal experience from the last war and tremendous energy (which he continues to exude amidst the changed situation in coastal waters during the present war) he has managed to raise an excellent fighting spirit in his forces, allowing them to reach for the highest possible achievements. Vizeadmiral Wolfram himself has participated in numerous front-line sorties whenever difficult tasks required his personal involvement. Especially in recent times he has personally participated in operations among his forward units with the intent of testing new ways to defend against low-flying aircraft. The award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Vizeadmiral Wolfram must at the same time be considered an achievement of the naval forces subordinate to him as well."
72nd
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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- - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z, p.361. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2. - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile, p.452. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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