Date of birth:

August 13th, 1891 (Bückeburg, Germany)

Date of death:

March 27th, 1977 (Munich, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
00.00.1914: Leutnant zur See
00.00.1917: Oberleutnant zur See
24.05.1939: Kapitänleutnant z.V. (char.)
01.09.1940: Korvettenkapitän z.V.
01.02.1945: Fregattenkapitän z.V.

Career:
01.04.1910: joined the Reichsmarine
00.08.1914: Leutnant zur See, Adjutant, Hilfskreuzer 'Berlin'
00.00.1915; Wachoffizier, U 16, U 69 then U 157
00.00.1917: Kommandant, UB 104
00.00.1918: Kommandant, UC 94
22.08.1939: joined the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1939: Kommandant, U-Jäger J, Ida
17.11.1939: 13. U-Boot-Jagdgruppe renamed 12. U-Jagd-Flottille
22.05.1941: Chef, 14. U-Boot-Jagd-Flottille
16.04.1943: Chef, 22. U-Boot-Jagd-Flottille - Mittelmeer
01.11.1944: Ausbildungsleiter, Stab, 1. Lehrdivision
12.01.1945: Führer, 11. U-Boot-Jagd-Flottille and U-Boot-Jagdführer Ostsee
00.05.1945-00.02.1946: British POW

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1934

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 27th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 21st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 29th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän z.V. (Lieutenant-Commander)

Unit:

Chef, 14. U-Jagdflottille

Awarded on:

December 3rd, 1943

Awarded the Knight's Cross for the following actions, as reported in the German press...

“Korvettenkapitän Friedrich Wunderlich has proved his worth as captain of a submarine hunter and later as commander of a submarine hunter flotilla. During his first command he sunk an enemy submarine and heavily damaged two more. In heavy combat with English bombers he also shot down a bomber with a 2 cm cannon and machine guns. Over the course of his second command, the submarine hunter flotilla under his leadership was able to shoot down 12 aircraft and sink one destroyer escort, four torpedo boats, and an artillery boat. It also swept 60 mines."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän z.V. (Lieutenant-Commander)

Unit:

Flottillenchef, 22. Unterseebootsjagdflottille

Awarded on:

June 10th, 1944

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• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Deutsches Marinearchiv