Ernst Lucht

Ernst Lucht
Born	27 February 1896 Süderende on Föhr
Died	2 November 1975 (aged 79) Neumünster
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Schlesien
Commands held	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (1915)^[1]
• Merit badges of the Second Marine Brigade Ehrhardt (1 March 1920)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 December 1941)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (5 September 1943)^[1]
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)^[2]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)^[2]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)^[2]
  • 1st Class (15 September 1939)^[2]
• War Merit Cross
  • 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941)^[2]
  • 1st Class (20 April 1942)^[2]
• Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee^[4][5]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 November 1944
• Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967)^[2]
• Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (9 December 1941)
• Commander, First Class of the Order of the White Rose with Swords (11 August 1942)

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 17.
2. Dörr 1996, p. 18.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 286.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 297.
5. Scherzer 2007, p. 515.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Huß, Jürgen; Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939–1945 [The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Bearers of the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1939–1945] (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-79-9.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Ernst Lucht @ Deutsche Marinearchiv