Ernst Lucht

Ernst Lucht
Born	(1896-02-27)27 February 1896 Süderende on Föhr
Died	2 November 1975(1975-11-02) (aged 79) Neumünster
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Schlesien
Commands held	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a Konteradmiral 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

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (1915)
• Merit badges of the Second Marine Brigade Ehrhardt (1 March 1920)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 December 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (5 September 1943)
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
  • 1st Class (15 September 1939)
• War Merit Cross
  • 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941)
  • 1st Class (20 April 1942)
• Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941)
• German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 November 1944
• Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967)
• Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (9 December 1941)
• Commander, First Class of the Order of the White Rose with Swords (11 August 1942)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• 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). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-79-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• Ernst Lucht @ Deutsche Marinearchiv