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 (1933-1945, Third Reich)
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
- 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
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- September 1941
- 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
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