Hans Erdmenger

Hans Erdmenger
Hans Erdmenger
Born	29 October 1903(1903-10-29) Gersthofen
Died	28 December 1943(1943-12-28) (aged 40) Bay of Biscay
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Unit	SSS Niobe light cruiser Berlin light cruiser Emden
Commands held	destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp destroyer Z28
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II Battles of Narvik
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kapitän zur See Hans Otto Erdmenger (29 October 1903 – 28 December 1943) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Erdmenger was killed in action on 28 December 1943 in the Bay of Biscay 46°N 11°W as chief of the 8. Zerstörerflottille on board the destroyer Z27 which was sunk in combat with the British cruisers HMS Glasgow and HMS Enterprise.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (28 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (15 November 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp (Z-21)
• Destroyer War Badge (1940)
• Narvik Shield (1940)
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 30 December 1943

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1:A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Hans Erdmenger @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten
• Hans Erdmenger @ Geocities

Military offices
Preceded by Kapitän zur See Gottfried Pönitz	Chief of the 8. Zerstörerflottille 18 March 1943 – 28 December 1943	Succeeded by Kapitän zur See Georg Langheld