Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer (born September 14, 1890 in Hanau ; † February 13, 1952 in Norden ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral in World War II .

Life

Fleischer joined on 1 April 1909 as a midshipman in the Imperial navy one, completed his basic training at the Great cruiser SMS Hansa and then attended the Naval Academy, where he on 12 April 1910. Midshipman was appointed. He then came on board the liner SMS Helgoland for a year and was promoted to lieutenant at sea on September 19, 1912 . From October 1, 1912 to March 30, 1913 he was employed as a company officer in the 5th sailor artillery department, and then served for six months on the training ship SMSS König Wilhelm . After a brief assignment as a company officer in the 1st Sailor Division, he was transferred to the small cruiser SMS Dresden on December 23, 1913 .

Fleischer remained on board the ship through the beginning of World War I and successfully waged a trade war . After the scuttling of the cruiser itself Fleischer was from 9 April 1915 Chilean internment , from which he escaped in July 1917th After his return home, he was initially placed at the disposal of the First Marine Inspectorate and assigned to the Flanders torpedo boat flotilla as a first lieutenant at sea (since April 8, 1917) .

After the end of the war, he was transferred to III in December 1918. Flotilla as well as its temporary use as a flag officer . On January 21, 1920, Fleischer became lieutenant captain and as such, from November 10, 1921 to January 19, 1922, chief of the 5th half flotilla. He then served as a torpedo officer and adjutant on the Braunschweig liner until April 4, 1922, and as an adjutant at the Mürwik naval school until September 23, 1922 . From September 24th, 1922 to September 30th, 1923 he worked as a torpedo officer on the liner Hannover and then came for two years as a company commander in Coast Defense Department III. From 24 November 1925 to put Fleischer as a navigation officer on the small Kreuer nymph and put him in port on September 28, 1927 for three years as a consultant in the Navy military department of the Naval Command . In the meantime, on January 1, 1928, he was promoted to corvette captain . Fleischer was appointed first officer of the light cruiser Cologne on September 30, 1930 . From April 19 to June 23, 1932 he was placed at the disposal of the chief of the North Sea naval station and was then transferred to the Defense Department of the Reich Defense Ministry until September 28, 1934 . As head of the naval organization department, the frigate captain (from April 1, 1933) was then active until September 29, 1937, initially in the naval command , later in the naval high command and was promoted to sea captain on October 1, 1934 . For almost a year, Fleischer was in command of the Silesian liner until August 3, 1938, and was then fortress commander of Pillau until April 11, 1939 . Fleischer became Rear Admiral on April 1, 1939 and shortly thereafter, on April 12, Coast Commander in Chief Eastern Baltic Sea . At the same time, from February 27 to May 6, 1939, he was entrusted with the management of the chief of the Königsberg naval service and from March 22 to April 11 with the management of the Memel fortress commander .

Fleischer remained at his post at the beginning of the Second World War, was appointed Coast Commander East Friesland on January 13, 1940, and then on July 26, 1940, Naval Commander in the Channel Coast . From 21 February to 4 April 1941 served as a butcher Navy Commander B . After being promoted to Vice Admiral on April 1, 1941, he was appointed Chief of the German Naval Mission in Romania on April 5, 1941 and Admiral Black Sea on July 1, 1941 . On May 2, 1942, Fleischer was dismissed from his post and sent to the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven from June 23 to August 31, 1942 , and then transferred there on September 1, 1942 while simultaneously being promoted to Admiral. From October 23, 1944, Fleischer was at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the North Sea Naval Command and was released from active service on December 31, 1944.

With the German capitulation , Fleischer found himself in British captivity on May 8, 1945 , from which he was released on April 4, 1947.

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand and Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945 Volume 1: AG (Ackermann to Gygas) , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 3-7648-2480-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 43
  2. ^ Klaus D. Patzwall and Veit Scherzer : Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945, History and Proprietor Volume II , Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 540
personal data
SURNAME Fleischer, Friedrich-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1952
Place of death north