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Herbert Berrer

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Oberfernschreibmeister

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Years of service
  
1939–45

Name
  
Herbert Berrer

Born
  
2 February 1921 Botnang (
1921-02-02
)

Unit
  
Kleinkampfflottille 361

Died
  
February 9, 1992, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Oberfernschreibmeister Herbert Berrer (2 February 1921 – 9 February 1992) was a Kriegsmarine one man torpedo driver in the Second World War and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Berrer sunk an Allied ship before the landing zones of the Nettuno bridgehead on 20 April 1944 and a 10,000 to freighter on 3 August 1944 near the Seine.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1944 as Oberfernschreibmeister and Einzelkampfer (lone fighter) in a Kleinkampf Verband

    • References

    Herbert Berrer Wikipedia
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