Herbert Berrer

Herbert Berrer
Born	2 February 1921 Botnang
Died	9 February 1992 (aged 71) Hamburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Oberfernschreibmeister
Unit	Kleinkampfflottille 361
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Oberfernschreibmeister Herbert Berrer (2 February 1921 – 9 February 1992) was a Kriegsmarine one man torpedo driver in the Second World War and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Berrer sunk an Allied ship before the landing zones of the Nettuno bridgehead on 20 April 1944 and a 10,000 to freighter on 3 August 1944 near the Seine.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1944 as Oberfernschreibmeister and Einzelkämpfer (lone fighter) in a Kleinkampf Verband^{[1][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as Einmanntorpedofahrer (one man torpedo driver) in the Kleinkampfflottille 361.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 130, 486.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 217.

Bibliography

• 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.
• 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

• Herbert Berrer @ Deutsches Marinearchiv