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Karl Jackel

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1937–45

Unit
  
U-29, U-160, U-907

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Oberleutnant (Ing)

Name
  
Karl Jackel

Born
  
20 December 1913 Gladbeck, Westphalia (
1913-12-20
)

Died
  
7 December 1984(1984-12-07) (aged 70) Neubrandenburg

Karl Jackel (20 December 1913, Gladbeck, Westphalia – 7 December 1984, Neubrandenburg) was a German U-boat coxswain in World War II and 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

  • Rettungsmedaille (5 June 1935)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (18 December 1940)
  • Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 October 1938 (9 October 1939)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (16 December 1939)
  • U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze (1944)
  • German Cross in Gold on 28 October 1944 as Obersteuermann on U-907 in the 31. Unterseebootflottille
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Obersteuermann and helmsman on U-907

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