Alex, Ernst (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243)
- Date of birth:
- March 1st, 1915 (Seifersdorf-Schweidnitz/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 25th, 1965 (Kassel/Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Ernst Alex was discharged from active duty after losing both his legs, shortly before the end of World War Two..
Promotions:
?: Gefreiter;
?: Obergefreiter;
October 1st, 1938:Wachtmeister;
October 1st, 1940: Oberwachtmeister;
June 1st, 1943: Leutnant;
April 1st, 1945: Oberleutnant.
Career:
October 1st, 1935: VI. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 29, Kassel;
May 10th, 1941: Zugführer 1. / Sturmgeschützabteilung 243;
June 27th, 1941: Geschützführer III. / Gebrgsjäger-Regiment 99;
February 8th, 1943: Führerreserve;
?: Offiziersausbildung.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberwachtmeister
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243, XXXXIX. Gebirgs-Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1941
“Oberwachtmeister Ernst Alex… was awarded the Knight’s Cross on the 01.08.1841. Oberwachtmeister Alex destroyed a total of 10 enemy tanks with his Sturmgeschütz during the tank battle at Jaworow on the 26.06.1941 and during a nocturnal attack on the night of the 27./28.06.1941. These swift and determined actions established the appropriate conditions for a rapid advance on Lemberg by his Division [1. Gebirgs-Division]. During this continued forward advance he encountered a Soviet armoured train at the Kopysynac railway station. He opened fire on it from very close range and successfully destroyed its heavy 15-cm gun. Pursuing the enemy closely, his greatest achievement came on the 23.07.1941. Fighting at the head of his Division, he secured the crossing over the Bug river at Brazlaf on this day. In the process he became badly wounded.”
Alex was awarded the Knight’s Cross for these achievements as well as for reaching a personal total of 27 tanks destroyed.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Death-cards.com
- Photo: Death-cards.com
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- SCHERZER, VEIT & FARWICK, WERNER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Sturmartillerie 1939-1945, Verlag Veit Scherzer, 2011.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS, 1939 - 1945
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