Lichtenberg, Philipp
- Date of birth:
- September 9th, 1908 (Koblenz-Moselweis/Rhineprovince, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 14th, 1993 (Kiel/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 11th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Ing.)
- Unit:
- Leitender Ingenieur, "U 516", 10. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine
- Awarded on:
- March 25th, 1944
Awarding date in Patzwall / Scherzer as 27-3-1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Leitender Ingenieur, "U 516", 33. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine
- Awarded on:
- March 31st, 1945
Awarded the Knight’s Cross for making his heavily damaged U-Boat once again capable of diving after full application of all of his engineering abilities.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Dörr M., Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Bootwaffe, Band 1. A - J, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1988, ISBN 3-7648-1153-6
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- historisches-marinearchiv.de
- U 516
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