Gert Jeschonnek
Gert Jeschonnek (born October 30, 1912 in Liegnitz ; † April 18, 1999 in Bonn ) was a German naval officer , most recently Vice Admiral of the Federal Navy and from 1967 to 1971 Inspector of the Navy .
Live and act
Gert was the son of the grammar school director Friedrich Jeschonnek and his wife Anny Jeschonnek, b. Gardiewski. His older brother was the later Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Colonel General Hans Jeschonnek . Gert Jeschonnek later married Elisabeth Crüsemann, with whom he had four children.
Imperial Navy
Jeschonnek joined the Reichsmarine in 1930 and received his basic training with the 2nd ship master division of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund and then from July 1st to October 9th basic training on the sailing training ship Niobe . From October 10, 1930 to January 4, 1932 he was trained on the light cruiser Emden , then with the ship master division of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund and finally at the Mürwik naval school . From March 28, 1933 he took part in various weapons courses at the weapons schools in Kiel , Flensburg - Mürwik and Wilhelmshaven . Finally, from October 2, 1933, he received on-board training as an ensign and senior ensign on the training ship Schleswig-Holstein , with which he took part in a trip to Norway in 1934 to Oslo and the Hardangerfjord . From February 15 to May 29, 1935, the artillery officer course B at the ship artillery school in Kiel followed. On October 1, 1934, he was promoted to lieutenant at sea .
Navy
On May 30, 1935, Jeschonnek was used again as a platoon officer on the Schleswig-Holstein , which became the first naval flagship of the Navy on May 2, 1935 . From September 28, 1935 to September 27, 1937 Jeschonnek was a training officer and teacher at the ship artillery school in Kiel. From September 28, 1937 to June 25, 1939 he was second artillery officer on the light cruiser Nuremberg , where he was promoted to lieutenant captain on April 1, 1939 . He then completed the artillery officer course A at the ship artillery school in Kiel and then returned to the Nuremberg .
The Nuremberg took over after the invasion of Poland participates in mining activities in the North Sea, where it in the night of 12 December 13, 1939 by the British submarine Salmon was torpedoed and damaged. From December 1939 to May 1940 the ship had to be repaired in a shipyard. After the repairs were completed, it was moved to Trondheim in Norway , where the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper were already located. On July 25, 1940, the ship led the damaged Gneisenau to Kiel and then remained in German waters from August 1940. On October 15, 1940, Jeschonnek left the cruiser and was again a training officer and teacher at the ship artillery school in Kiel.
From March 1, 1941 to November 1, 1943 he served as an artillery officer on the heavy cruiser Lützow . After repair work, the ship left Kiel on June 10, 1941, accompanied by five destroyers, to wage cruiser warfare in the Atlantic as part of the “Company Summer Tour”. On the south-western tip of Norway, after just two days, she received a torpedo hit on the port side by a Bristol Beaufort on June 12 , had to return to Kiel and was repaired by January 17, 1942. In the meantime, Jeschonnek worked as a training officer and teacher at the ship artillery school in Kiel. In May 1942 the relocation to Narvik took place and from July 1942 the Lützow took part as the flagship of the Rösselsprung company , but was damaged by a grounding and returned to Kiel for shipyard work. She was ordered back to Norway on December 8, 1942, where the ship took part in the Battle of the Barents Sea . On April 1, 1943, Jeschonnek was promoted to Korvettenkapitän . In September 1943 the Lützow returned from Norway to Kiel. Jeschonnek took from 2 November 1943 to 29 February 1944 in a training course at the Naval War College in Bad Homburg part and was followed until the war ended in 1945 Operations Staff Officer 1st Naval Operations (Blk) the High Command of the Navy (OKM).
Federal Navy
After the end of World War II Jeschonnek was until November 1947 as adviser in the German mine clearing service line operates and then at the waterway Directorate Rheinland-Pfalz in Mainz responsible for collecting and administrative support of the Rhine fleet under control of the French occupation. At his own request, he then moved to the main sea traffic administration, later administration for traffic in the United Economic Area and from 1949 to the Federal Ministry of Transport , maritime traffic department in Hamburg .
On April 15, 1952, at the request of the Federal Chancellery, Jeschonnek became a consultant in the Blank office . He was one of the first officers of the Bundeswehr to be accepted into the new German Navy on November 12, 1955, and was given the rank of frigate captain . From August 1956 to June 1957 Jeschonnek attended the Naval War College in Newport, USA, and then became a senior officer in the Navy. On June 1, 1958, he was transferred as a sea captain to the staff of the Allied Naval Commander in Allied Headquarters Europe ( SHAPE ) based in Fontainebleau (France), where he was deputy chief of staff. From 1962 to 1963 he was chief of staff in the fleet command and was then reassigned to the rank of flotilla admiral as a sub-department head in the Federal Ministry of Defense . To Rear Admiral , he was transported from 1965 to 1967 Deputy Commander of the NATO commands Ostzugänge (BALTAP) based in the Danish Karup. On June 11, 1967, he received the rank of Vice Admiral.
He became inspector of the Navy on October 1, 1967 and retired from this position on September 30, 1971.
Honors
- 1971: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
References
Web links
literature
- Johannes Berthold Sander-Nagashima: The Federal Navy 1955 to 1972: Concept and construction. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-486-57972-7
- Marineforum 6-1999 p. 28: Obituary for Vice Admiral a. D. Gert Jeschonnek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jeschonnek, Gert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval officer and vice admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1999 |
| Place of death | Bonn |