Walther Fischer

Dr. phil. Walther Fischer
Born	25 September 1893 Kiel
Died	26 June 1988 (aged 94) Großhansdorf
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1912–45
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands held	13. Vorpostenflottille
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr. phil. Walther Fischer^{[Note 1]} (25 September 1893 – 26 June 1988) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (3 August 1915)
  • 1st Class (11 November 1916)
• Cross of Honor
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (7 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (14 May 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 30 April 1942 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves in the 13. Vorpostenflottille^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 May 1943 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 13. Vorpostenflottille^[2][3]

Notes

1. In German a Doctor of Philosophy is abbreviated as Dr. phil. (doctor philosophiae).

References

Citations

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 115.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 310.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 181.

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.
• 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 Bearers 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

• Walther Fischer @ Deutsche Marinearchiv