Georg Pinkepank

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Commands held 2. Raumbootflottille Name Georg Pinkepank		Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II
Born 18 December 1907 Hanover ( 1907-12-18 ) Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Service/branch Kriegsmarine German Navy Rank Korvettenkapitan (Wehrmacht) Fregattenkapitan (Bundeswehr) Died November 24, 1979, Wilhelmshaven, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Gustav Albert Willi Pinkepank (18 December 1907 – 24 November 1979) was a Korvettenkapitan with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). 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 (24 June 1937)

Memel Medal (26 October 1939)

Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (10 October 1939)

1st Class (21 November 1940)

Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940)

Wound Badge (1939) in Black (13 August 1944)

German Cross in Gold on 17 December 1943 as Korvettenkapitan in the 2. Raumbootsflottille

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 August 1944 as Korvettenkapitan and chief of the 2. Raumbootsflottille

Naval Front Clasp (May 1945)

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2nd Class

References

Georg Pinkepank Wikipedia

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