Karl-Heinz Fischer

Karl-Heinz Fischer
Born	(1913-07-23)23 July 1913 Hamburg
Died	12 August 1993(1993-08-12) (aged 80) Hamburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	?–1945
Rank	Obersteuermann of the Reserves
Unit	Vorpostenboot "VP 711"
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl-Heinz Fischer (23 July 1913 – 12 August 1993) was a highly decorated Obersteuermann of the Reserves in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (30 May 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (29 April 1943)^[1]
Minesweeper War Badge (1 February 1941)^[1]
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black (29 April 1943)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 May 1943 as Steuermannsmaat and coxswain on Vorpostenboot VP-711 in the 7. Vorpostenflottille^[2]
Naval Front Clasp in Bronze (1 May 1945)^[1]

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 Dörr 1995, p. 170.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 152.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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