Egon von Schlippenbach

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Egon Freiherr von Schlippenbach (born April 10, 1914 in Cologne , † May 11, 1979 in Kiel ) was an officer in the Navy in World War II and an officer in the German Navy .

Military career

1934 began Schlippenbach his military career by acting as a midshipman entered the Navy. It was 1935, Midshipman , 1937 Midshipman and 1937 to lieutenant promoted. As a lieutenant at sea, he served on the ship of the line Schleswig-Holstein . In 1939 he achieved the rank of first lieutenant in the sea and entered the service of the submarine weapon. He was initially on the submarines U 18 , U 3 and U 101 as a watch officer . In 1941 he was promoted to lieutenant captain. On February 25, 1941, he was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class , and on March 31, 1941, he was given command of the submarine U 121 . From July 9, 1941, the command of the U 453 followed , with which he set off for the first patrol into the Mediterranean. An attack on an Allied hospital ship during its 7th patrol led to a trial before a German military court , which Schlippenbach, however, acquitted. Schlippenbach was one of the longest serving German submarine commanders in the Mediterranean. Egon von Schlippenbach was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class on August 6, 1942 and, after his 13th voyage on November 19, 1943 , received the Knight's Cross for sinking 52,000 GRT , damaging allied merchant ships and two successful mining trips Iron cross . In total, he came on 15 patrols with a total of 339 days at sea. In January 1944 he was transferred to the staff of the High Command of the Navy (OKM) and in 1945 promoted to Corvette Captain. In the last weeks of the Second World War, von Schlippenbach was used in the infantry and eventually fell into American captivity.

In 1956, Schlippenbach joined the German Navy as a corvette captain. Initially deployed in staff, he became commander of the 1st escort squadron on May 1, 1960, which was renamed the school squadron on July 1, 1960 . He commanded the squadron until September 30, 1961, during which time he was promoted to frigate captain. After further activities he was from July 1969 to September 1972 as a sea ​​captain commander of the naval training regiment . He was then retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Report of the US Navy Department on the admission of survivors from U-453, p. 9

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personal data
SURNAME Schlippenbach, Egon von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlippenbach, Egon Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military, submarine commander in World War II and officer in the German Navy
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1979
Place of death Kiel