KRETSCHMER, Otto
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kretschmer, Otto Date of birth:  May 1st, 1912 (Heidau/Liegnitz, Germany) Date of death:  August 5th, 1998 (Straubing/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  After the Second World War he reached the rank of Flottillenadmiral with the Bundeswehr.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: October 17th, 1939         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES Awarded on: October 26th, 1939         U-BOOT KRIEGSABZEICHEN (OHNE BRILLIANTEN) Awarded on: November 9th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: Kapitänleutnant Unit: U-23 Awarded on: December 17th, 1939         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 1. OKTOBER 1938 Awarded on: December 20th, 1939         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: August 3rd, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Kapitänleutnant Unit: Kommandant U 99 Awarded on: August 4th, 1940 Details: 23rd Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: October 19th, 1940         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: November 4th, 1940         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Kapitänleutnant Unit: Kommandant U 99 Awarded on: November 4th, 1940 Details: 6th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: December 17th, 1940         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: April 25th, 1941         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Korvettenkapitän Unit: Kommandant U 99 Awarded on: December 26th, 1941 Details: 5th Award.         U-BOOT KRIEGSABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection Information source(s):   - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Kurowski F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service, Schiffer Publishing, 1995 - Uboat.net - Deutsche Marinesoldaten