Georg Pinkepank
| Georg Pinkepank | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 December 1907 Hanover |
| Died |
24 November 1979 (aged 71) Wilhelmshaven |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
| Service/branch |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kriegsmarine German Navy |
| Rank |
Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht) Fregattenkapitän (Bundeswehr) |
| Commands held | 2. Räumbootflottille |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Georg Gustav Albert Willi Pinkepank (18 December 1907 – 24 November 1979) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (24 June 1937)[1]
- Memel Medal (26 October 1939)[1]
- Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940)[1]
- Wound Badge (1939) in Black (13 August 1944)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 17 December 1943 as Korvettenkapitän in the 2. Räumbootsflottille[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 August 1944 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Räumbootsflottille[3][4]
- Naval Front Clasp (May 1945)[1]
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2nd Class[1]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
- 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.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- 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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| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Jost Brökelmann |
Commander of the 2nd Räumboots Flotilla December 1942 – August 1944 (January 1945) |
Succeeded by initially disbanded Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim Merks |
| Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Claus Henning von Grumbkow |
Commander of the 1st Minesweeper Flotilla October 1944 – 1946 |
Succeeded by — |
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