Otto Fricke (Admiral)

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Otto Fricke (born May 29, 1894 in Wennigsen (Deister) ; † November 26, 1966 in Heidelberg ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral in World War II .

Military career

Imperial Navy

On April 1, 1913, Otto Fricke ( Crew 1913 ) joined the Imperial Navy as a midshipman . By March 31, 1914 he completed his basic training, u. a. also on the protected cruiser SMS Hansa . After a time at the Naval School Mürwik , he first came to the small cruiser SMS Stuttgart on August 1, 1914 , and then to the small cruiser SMS Graudenz on January 31, 1915 . From November 23, 1915 to May 22, 1917 he served on the large liner SMS Helgoland . On May 27, 1917 Otto Fricke switched to mine hunters . In the IV minesweeping flotilla he was in command of M 38 until September 15, 1919 .

Imperial Navy

Since September 16, 1919 he was part of the Reichsmarine for a short time with the 5th minesweeping flotilla, before he became an officer on watch on October 21, 1919 on the small cruiser Königsberg . From June 1, 1920 to October 25, 1920 he was commanded as platoon leader for the Wilhelmshaven Coast Guard Regiment . This was followed by a longer period of employment with the Coast Guard Division II as a company officer and company commander . During this time he was temporarily assigned to the Jäger Battalion of Infantry Regiment 15.

On April 4, 1923, First Lieutenant Fricke came to the Mürwik Naval School as adjutant and teaching group officer . This was followed on September 23, 1924, as a company commander to the ship master division of the Baltic Sea. Shortly before his promotion to lieutenant captain , Fricke received an on-board command on the cruiser Berlin . From March 31, 1925 to September 25, 1927 he acted there as an officer on watch . From September 26, 1927 to October 2, 1929 Fricke was a company commander in the III. Marine Artillery Department. Two more on-board commands followed, first from October 3, 1929 to September 25, 1932 on the ship of the line Hessen (first as officer on watch, from September 25, 1930 as second artillery officer), then as an artillery officer until September 26, 1934 on the small cruiser Königsberg . On September 28, 1934, Korvettenkapitän Fricke moved to the ship artillery school in Kiel , where he was employed as a teacher and staff officer . In this use, he saw the renaming of the Reichsmarine to the Kriegsmarine on June 1, 1935.

Navy

On January 1, 1937, he was promoted to frigate captain on the staff of the ship artillery school . On October 1, 1937, he was transferred to the inspection of naval artillery as Chief of Staff, where he remained until April 30, 1940. During the Sudeten crisis , Fricke was also the commander of the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment on the Siegfried Line .

After the occupation of Norway in April 1940, Fricke, since October 1, 1938, became captain of the sea , and on May 1, 1940, he was in command of the Stavanger naval defense . On July 19, 1940, however, he moved again as Chief of Staff to the Naval Commander in Chief of the Channel Coast. On April 18, 1942, Fricke rose to become Chief of Staff at the commanding Admiral France (Admiral Otto Schultze / Admiral Wilhelm Marschall ). Here he was promoted to rear admiral on September 1, 1942 . When, in November 1942, the office of the commanding admiral France was integrated into the area of ​​the Marinegruppenkommando West, Fricke took over the position of chief quartermaster there from November 16 . From April 1, 1943 to July 22, 1945 Rear Admiral Fricke was still an inspector for the inspection of the naval artillery.

post war period

His captivity lasted from July 22, 1945 to April 19, 1947. Rear Admiral Otto Fricke died on November 26, 1966 in Heidelberg.

Promotions

Awards

literature

  • Hildebrand, Hans H. / Henriot, Ernest: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945, Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück, 1988, Volume 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ During this time there was also a training trip to Chile .
  2. ↑ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/atlantik/af.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/atlantik/mgk-west.htm
personal data
SURNAME Fricke, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently rear admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Wennigsen (Deister)
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1966
Place of death Heidelberg