Klaus Feldt

Klaus Feldt
Born	(1912-04-14)14 April 1912 Kiel
Died	7 September 2010(2010-09-07) (aged 98)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1935–1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	2. Schnellbootflottille
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Spanish Cross with Swords in Bronze Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Gustav Waldemar Klaus Feldt (14 April 1912 – 7 September 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He is credited with the destruction of HMS Exmoor on 25 February 1941 as commander of Schnellboot "S30". He was born in Kiel.

Awards

• Spanish Cross with Swords in Bronze (6 June 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (28 April 1940)
• Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
• Minesweeper War Badge (1940)
• Wound Badge in Black (27 June 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross (25 April 1941)
  • 362nd Oak Leaves (1 January 1944)
• Fast Attack Craft War Badge with Diamonds (19 December 1941)
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class (5 December 1942)
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 April 1941

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. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Huß, Jürgen & Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939-1945 (in German). VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 3-925480-79-X.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
• 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.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.

External links

• Klaus Feld - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Deutsches Marinearchiv

Military offices
Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Petersen	Commander of 2. Schnellbootflottille 20 October 1941 – February 1944	Succeeded by Korvettenkapitän Hermann Opdenhoff