Kurt Fimmen

Kurt Fimmen
Born	4 May 1911 Wittenberge / Westprignitz
Died	6 May 2001 (aged 90) Nordhorn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1935–45
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	Torpedoboot T-16 4. Schnellbootflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Fimmen (4 May 1911 – 6 May 2001) was a German Schnellboot commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 May 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (23 June 1940)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Dienstauszeichnung) 4th Class (1 April 1939)^[1]
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[1]
• Fast Attack Craft War Badge (15 February 1942)^[1]
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class (25 October 1941)^[1]
• Crimea Shield (1 March 1943)^[1]
• Kuban Shield (8 December 1944)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 August 1940 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of Schnellboot S-26 in the 1. Schnellbootsflottille^[2]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 166.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 307.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• 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

• Deutsches Marinearchiv