Paul Fanger

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Paul Fanger (born April 11, 1889 in Schöningen ; † April 15, 1945 there ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral in World War II .

Life

Fanger joined on 1 April 1908 as a midshipman in the Imperial navy one, completed his basic training at the Great cruiser SMS Freya and came after visiting the Naval Academy Mürwik as Midshipman (since April 10, 1909) on board the battleship SMS Elsass . Here he was used as a division officer until his transfer on September 2, 1910. Then knew Fanger about the outbreak of the First World War addition to August 30, 1916 service as adjutant and watch officer on the battleship SMS Germany and was here on September 27, 1911. Ensign and September 19, 1914 Lieutenant promoted. From August 31 to October 31, 1916, he was made available to the I. Marine Inspection and then used on the large cruiser SMS Moltke as a guard and artillery officer. After the end of the war, Kapitänleutnant Fanger (since April 28, 1918) stayed on board and took the ship to internment in Scapa Flow .

He returned to Germany on December 18, 1918, and initially joined the staff of the Kiel Marine Division . From July 14, 1919 to September 15, 1920 he acted as adjutant and field major at the Kiel command office and was then employed as a company commander in the Pillau Coast Defense Department until November 26, 1920 .

Then Fanger was assigned to the ship's trunk of the liner Hanover and was deployed from February 10 to March 28, 1921 as the second artillery officer on the ship. Until December 14, 1924, Fanger worked as a teacher at the ship artillery school in Kiel-Wik . He then belonged to the Hessian ship tribe and was then 2nd artillery officer on the ship of the line until September 27, 1925. A short time later, Fanger was the 1st artillery officer on the light cruiser Emden from October 15, 1925 to September 30, 1926 . He then came to the staff of the Naval Artillery Inspectorate as a consultant and became a corvette captain on April 1, 1927 . On January 3, 1931, he was transferred to the naval management as a consultant in the weapons department (BW). Fanger was then given command of the artillery training ship Bremse on June 14, 1932 and was promoted to frigate captain on October 1, 1932 . From March 27, 1933 to September 25, 1935 he acted as the commander of the ship artillery school and became a sea ​​captain on October 1, 1934 . On September 30, 1935, Fanger was given command of the ironclad Germany . During the Spanish Civil War, he was responsible for controlling and securing the sea routes around the Iberian Peninsula . After he had given up command on September 2, 1937, he took over the task of the fortress commander Ostfriesland, renamed Coast Commander Ostfriesland from September 1939 . On October 1, 1938, he was promoted to rear admiral .

Fanger remained at his post at the beginning of the Second World War and was appointed head of the Artillery Weapons Office in the High Command of the Navy on January 17, 1940 . In this function he was promoted to Vice Admiral on December 1, 1940 and Admiral on December 1, 1942. From March 4, 1943, Fanger was made available to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and retired from active service on May 31, 1943. From August 15, 1944, he was re-used as a civil servant officer, until April 1, 1945 he was appointed inspector of coastal and ship artillery at the Norwegian Naval Command and then finally retired.

Fanger was killed when US troops marched into his hometown on April 15, 1945.

Awards

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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
  3. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall: The Knight's Cross Bearers of the War Merit Cross 1942–1945 , Patzwall-Verlag Hamburg 1984, pp. 293–294
personal data
SURNAME Fanger, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Schöningen
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1945
Place of death Schöningen