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Möller, Kurt Dr. ('Sperrbrecher 5')

Date of birth:
January 5th, 1898 (Hamburg-Altona/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
August 30th, 1944 (La Roche-Posay, near Châteauroux - France)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Mont-de-Huisnes
Plot: 32. Grave: 101.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

1943-1944: Korvetten Kapitän der Reserve, Kdr "SPERRBRECHER-5"
1944: promoted to Fregattenkapitän
30.08.1944: KIA with part of the crew of the "Sperrbrecher 5" retreating from Royan where their boat was bombed and sunk the 13.08.1944.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 8th, 1939

Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 7th February 1918.
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1940
Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boots-, Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve
Unit:
Kommandant Sperrbrechers "5" / 2.Sperrbrecherflottille
Awarded on:
July 10th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 7th, 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Sources

  • Photo 1: Eugene Vasyagin
  • Photo: Eugene Vasyagin, www.dkig.net
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Wehrpass
    - Soldbuch
    - www.dkig.net
    - Detailansicht

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