Viktor Rall

Dr.-Ing Viktor Rall
Born	(1896-11-27)27 November 1896 Reutlingen
Died	21 April 1984(1984-04-21) (aged 87) Tübingen
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Kriegsmarine
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands held	15. Vorpostenflottille
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr.-Ing. Viktor Rall^{[Notes 1]} (27 November 1896 – 21 April 1984) was a German engineer and veteran of both World Wars.

In the rank of a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, he was leader of the 15. Vorpostenflottille based in Le Havre. Following the Invasion of Normandy, he was honoured with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1918)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (4 December 1939)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 December 1940)^[1]
Minesweeper War Badge (29 October 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold (16 July 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 June 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 15. Vorpostenflottille^[2]

↑ In German a Doctorate in engineering is abbreviated as Dr.-Ing. (Doctor-Ingenieur).

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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.
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