Philipp Lichtenberg

Philipp Lichtenberg
Born	9 September 1908 Koblenz
Died	14 December 1993 (aged 85) Kiel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy
Years of service	1928–45 1956–64
Rank	Kapitänleutnant (Ing) (Kriegsmarine) Fregattenkapitän (Bundesmarine)
Unit	U-6, U-16, U-18, U-96, U-652, U-37, U-516
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Philipp Lichtenberg (9 September 1908 in Koblenz – 14 December 1993 in Kiel) was a German naval officer and chief engineer on a U-boat and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 November 1939)^[2]
  • 1st Class (11 November 1941)^[2]
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (23 November 1939)^[2]
• U-boat Front Clasp
  • in Bronze (5 October 1944)^[2]
  • in Silver (6 March 1945)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 27 March 1944 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) on U-516 in the 10th U-boat Flotilla^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 March 1945 as Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) and chief engineer on U-516^[4]
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (September 1964)^[5]

References

Citations

1. Busch & Röll 2003, p. 511.
2. Busch & Röll 2003, p. 512.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 277.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 290.
5. Busch & Röll 2003, p. 513.

Bibliography

• Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
• Dörr, Manfred (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Bootwaffe - Band 2. K - Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-1759-3.
• Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88740-748-2.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Philipp Lichtenberg". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 April 2015.