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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Günter Kuhnke Welcomes Helmut Witte

13 July 1942: Kapitänleutnant Günter Kuhnke (left, Kommandant U-125) welcomes fellow U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Helmut Witte (Kommandant U-159), who just returning to the base of 10th U-boat Flottilla (10. Unterseebootsflottille) at Lorient, France, after sank 12 steamers in American waters. For that amazing feat - and additional victims from the next patrol - Witte received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 22 October 1942, while Kuhnke himself had received the same medal previously: on 19 September 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-28.

Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/2742/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
https://uboat.net/men/kuhnke.htm

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Karl Dönitz with U-Boat Aces and Commanders

September 1943: Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), accompanied by Kapitän zur See Hans Rudolf Rösing (Führer der U-boote West), greets U-boat commanders and Flottillenchef decorated with the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight's Cross of the Iron Crosses). From left to right: Fregattenkapitän Ernst Kals (Chef 2. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient. Received Ritterkreuz in 1 September 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and Kommandant U-130), unidentified (blocked by Dönitz), Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz (Chef 12. Unterseebootsflottille, Bordeaux. Received Ritterkreuz in 26 December 1941 and Eichenlaub in 10 September 1942, both as Korvettenkapitän and Kommandant U-108), Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz (shaking hands with Dönitz, Chef 6. Unterseebootsflottille, St. Nazaire. Received Ritterkreuz in 4 April 1941 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-124), Korvettenkapitän Werner Winter (Chef 1. Unterseebootsflottille, Brest. Received Ritterkreuz in 5 June 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-103), Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (Chef 9. Unterseebootsflottille, Brest. Received Ritterkreuz in 26 February 1941 and Eichenlaub in 31 December 1941, both as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-96), and Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke (Chef 10. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient. Received Ritterkreuz in 19 September 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-28). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Beuchling.

Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/2867/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
https://www.tumblr.com/search/ernst%20kals