Friedrich-Karl Paul

Friedrich-Karl Paul
Born	31 January 1909 Altdamm district of Stettin
Died	1 May 1998 (aged 89) Kassel
Buried at	Zierenberg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine  German Navy
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	2. Torpedobootflottille frigate Hipper
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich-Karl Herrmann Otto Paul (31 January 1909 – 1 May 1998) 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. He was credited with the sinking of HMS Charybdis.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 December 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (15 February 1942)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (8 April 1938)^[1]
• Destroyer War Badge (26 August 1941)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 30 October 1943 as Kapitänleutnant on Torpedoboot T-23/4. Torpedobootflottille^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 March 1945 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Torpedobootflottille^[3]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 114.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 344.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 334.

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.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• 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.

External links

• Friedrich-Karl Paul @ Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45

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• Hans Bütow
• Hans Dominik
• Wirich von Gartzen
• Heinrich Hoffmann (Oak Leaves)
• Franz Kohlauf
• Wilhelm Meentzen
• Friedrich-Karl Paul
• Hans Temming