Lucke, von, Claus (Panzer-Regiment 18)

Date of birth:: January 22nd, 1916 (Mückenhain/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: April 18th, 2006 (Gut Martinsbüttel/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Oberleutnant der Reserve Claus Georg Wolf Hermann Friedrich von Lucke. His brother Christian von Lucke (1919-2012) was Oberst in the Bundeswehr

19.10.1936: RAD
00.09.1939: Leutnant der Reserve, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2 - campaign in Poland
00.05.1940: Leutnant der Reserve, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2 - campaign in the West
00.12.1940: Leutnant der Reserve, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 18
21.06.1941: Leutnant, Zugführer, Panzerkommandant, Panzer-Regiment 18, 18. Panzer-Division, 2. Panzer-Gruppe 'Guderian'
00.08.1941: severely WIA during the battle of the Smolensk Pocket and evacuated to a Lazarett and amputated
09.09.1941: received the RK at the Kriegs-Lazarett Mglin
01.10.1941: promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve
Panzer ace credited with more than 16 tank kills

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1939

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2
Awarded on:: June 26th, 1940

Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2
Awarded on:: 1940

in silver

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: September 1941

WIA 00.08.1941

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:: Zugführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 18, 18. Panzer-Division, XXXXVI. Armee-Korps, 2. Panzer-Gruppe
Awarded on:: August 31st, 1941

awarded for his action during the battle of the Smolensk Pocket