Date of birth:

December 31st, 1921 (Wiesbaden, Germany)

Date of death:

May 23rd, 1943 (Noth-Atlantic Ocean)

Mentioned on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 10th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 28th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 22nd, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 22nd, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Ing.) (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

U-752

Awarded on:

September 4th, 1943

On the 22.05.1943 a British Swordfish aircraft attacked U-752, killing the commander and the bridge watch. Leutnant Krey thus took over command of the U-Boat. However the boat was no longer able to dive, and so he ordered all hands to abandon ship. Because two British destroyers arrived quickly, Krey blew up the boat while still aboard in order to prevent it falling into enemy hands. For this selfless act he would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.

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• - Scherzer, Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (2007)

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