Werner Weinlig

Werner-Friedrich Weinlig
Born	28 November 1912 Kapstadt, South Africa
Died	25 March 1979 (aged 66) Cape Town, South Africa
Allegiance	Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1934–45
Rank	Kapitänleutnant
Unit	Z-9 Wolfgang Zenker Torpedoboot T-19 Torpedoboot T-23
Commands held	Torpedoboot T-23
Battles/wars	World War II Battles of Narvik Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Werner-Friedrich Weinlig (28 November 1912 – 25 March 1979) was a highly decorated Kapitänleutnant in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a 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 and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 January 1940)
  • 1st Class (10 August 1940)
• Destroyer War Badge
• German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1944 as Kapitänleutnant on Torpedoboot T-23/4. Torpedobootsflottille^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 May 1945 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Torpedoboot T-23^{[2][Note 1]}

Notes

1. There is no reference of the Knight's Cross awarded to Werner Weidlig in the German Federal Archives. His personal file contains a letter from 1955 by the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), indicating that no proof of the award exists. The date was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[3]

References

Citations

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 502.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 340.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 184.

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.
• 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

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Deustsches Marinearchiv