Oswald Duch

Oswald Duch (born July 16, 1918 , † January 25, 2000 ) was a flotilla admiral in the German Navy and most recently from 1973 to 1978 admiral of naval training.

Service in the Navy

Oswald Duch joined the Navy in 1937 as an officer candidate for Crew IV / 37 (also known as Crew 37a) . He served on minesweepers and, as first lieutenant at sea, was in command of the clearing boat R 43 in the 4th clearing boat flotilla operating in the North Sea . In this function he took part in the Cerberus company in February 1942 and was awarded the German Cross in Gold on April 30, 1942 .

In October 1944, as a lieutenant captain, he took command of the 16th clearing boat flotilla in the Netherlands , which consisted of twelve mine clearing boats .

post war period

After the German surrender in 1945 , the 16th clearing boat flotilla remained active under Duch's leadership. She was subordinated to the 5th Mine Clearance Division of the German Mine Clearance Service (DMRD) and cleared sea ​​mines off the Dutch coast by the end of 1947 . In 1948 Duch joined the successor organization of the DRMD, the mine clearing association Cuxhaven (MRVC), and continued to be involved in the removal of sea mines.

When the MRVC was dissolved, he transferred to the newly established Maritime Border Guard and held the rank of lieutenant captain in the BGS. He led the sailing school boat Nordwind and then became the commander of the escort ship Eider on September 1, 1953 . In January 1954 he was transferred to the Maritime Border Protection Department in the Federal Ministry of the Interior as a clerk . In January 1956, Duch, still a member of the Maritime Border Guard, was seconded to the Federal Ministry of Defense , Department VII (Navy). There he was responsible for the transfer of the maritime border protection personnel, who were to be transferred to the Federal Navy as a largely closed unit .

Service in the German Navy

On July 1, 1956, Duch was taken over into the German Navy together with most of the members of the Maritime Border Guard. In August 1958 he was a lieutenant commander representation as commander of the 1st minesweeping squadron before, now than in October 1958 Commander , commander of the 5th Minesweeper Squadron was.

After further activities, Duch became head of department I in the naval command staff in Bonn, responsible for internal management , personnel and training. On April 1, 1973 Duch was promoted to flotilla admiral as admiral for officer and non-commissioned officer training and head of the training department (admiral naval training) in the naval office in Wilhelmshaven . On March 31, 1978, he retired from there.

Individual evidence

1. ^ WLB Stuttgart .
2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall and Veit Scherzer : Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945, history and owner volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 93.
3. ↑ Hartmut Klüver: The mine clearing association of the customs border guard Cuxhaven . In: Hartmut Klüver (ed.): Stations of German naval history (II): German sea associations 1945–1956 . Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-935091-08-7 .
4. ^ Hanns Postel: The sea border protection . In: Hartmut Klüver (Ed.): Stations of German naval history (II): German sea associations 1945–1956 . Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-935091-08-7 ; P. 140.
5. ^ Fritz Poske : The sea border protection 1951-1956. Reminder - report - documentation . Koblenz / Bonn 1982. ISBN 3-7637-5410-5 .
6. ↑ Federal Archives ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Jürgen Rhades (Ed.) With the collaboration of Jürgen Prochnow: Yearbook of the German Navy . 7th episode. Bremen 1971. ISBN 3-7961-4290-7 (listed here in this function as of August 1, 1971).
8. ↑ Jürgen Rhades (Ed.) With the collaboration of Jürgen Prochnow: Yearbook of the German Navy . 9th episode. Bremen 1971. ISBN 3-7961-4307-5 .
9. ↑ Jürgen Rhades (Ed.) With the collaboration of Jürgen Prochnow: Yearbook of the German Navy . 14th episode. Koblenz / Bonn 1980. ISBN 3-8033-0289-7 .