Date of birth:

October 28th, 1919 (Breslau / Schlesien, Germany)

Date of death:

December 16th, 1943 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Died on 16th December 1943 as Hauptmann der Reserve.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Chef 12. / Jäger-Regiment 49 / 28.Jäger-Division

Awarded on:

August 22nd, 1943

The following press excerpt describes why Fleck was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“During a counterattack south of Lake Ladoga Oberleutnant der Reserve Werner Flack captured his ordered objective at the head of his Breslauer Jäger-Kompanie despite the heaviest of enemy fire. After realizing that a hill still under Soviet control was endangering the newly recaptured position, he thrust further forwards on his own initiative and also wrested this from the hands of the numerically superior Russians.”

• - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 2010.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9