Mengersen, Ernst
- Date of birth:
- June 30th, 1912 (Bremke/Province of Hanover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 6th, 1995 (Dortmund/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-18 / U-Ausbildungsflottille
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-18 / U-Ausbildungsflottille
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse)
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-143 / 1. U-Boots-Flottille
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-101 / 7. U-Boots-Flottille
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse)
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-101 / 7. U-Boots-Flottille
- Awarded on:
- December 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse)
- Unit:
- Kommandant U-101
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flottillenchef 20. U-Boots-Flottille
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
- Unit:
- Flottillenchef 20. U-Boots-Flottille
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Busch, R., Röll, H-J., Der U-Boot-Krieg – Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945, Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn, Deutschland, 2003
- Kurowski, F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1995
- The U-boat War 1939-1945
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