Klünder, Erich (5. Minensuchflottille)
- Date of birth:
- November 25th, 1909 (Kiel, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 29th, 1992 (Quickborn, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
01.10.1937 : Leutnant zur See
01.04.1939 : Oberleutnant zur See
01.01.1941 : Kapitänleutnant
01.03.1943 : Korvettenkapitän
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flottillenchef, 1. Räumbootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
- Unit:
- Chef, 5. Minensuchflottille
- Awarded on:
- August 12th, 1944
“The Führer awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Korvettenkapitän Erich Klünder, commander of a Minensuchflottille, at the recommendation of the Supreme Commander of the Kriegsmarine, Großadmiral Dönitz. Since September 1943 he has served as a convoy leader and led numerous large convoys in the arctic ocean to their destinations despite heavy enemy air and submarine attacks.”
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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