Künzel, Karl-Friedrich (S-28)

Date of birth:: September 11th, 1918 (Magdeburg/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Date of death:: December 25th, 1998 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 1st, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 13th, 1940

Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen ohne Brillianten

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: December 15th, 1940

Vapaudenristin 4.luokka (VR 4)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 4th, 1941

Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: January 5th, 1943

Krimschild (Stiftungs ausführing)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: January 5th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant zur See
Unit:: Gruppenführer, Kommandant, "S 28", 1. Schnellboot-Flottille
Awarded on:: December 12th, 1943

Awarded for the sum of his successes as an S-Boat captain. By February 1944 he had participated in a total of 203 sorties across a number of theatres including Norway, the English Channel, the Gulf of Finland and the Black Sea. In this time he participated in many torpedo and mining operations in the open sea. He also claimed a total of 12000 GRT worth of shipping sunk, all of these light motor craft and barges. As these kinds of ships were worth no more than 50-400 GRT each, this would have meant that Künzel sunk at least 30 ships of this type.