Kriegsmarine Uboat man with RK ?

[christerd]

I´ve just got these photos , a Kriegsnmarine guy with a Uboat Badge given Knight Cross !

But who is he ?? There could be that many KM with Knight Crosses exept from U boat Commanders I guess ?

Anybody got a clue ?

Here is the first pic

[christerd]

And another Pic

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And last one :cheeky:

[christerd]

I found max 19 candidates that wasn´t Commanders but still in U Boats

Now its just to find out who of the 19 he is

After looking into rank and other awards I now down to 6 possible

Gerd Suhren OberLt Ing U-37 RK 1940

Heinrich Petersen Stabssteurmann U-99 RK 1940

Carl-August Landfermann OberLt Ing U-181 RK 1943

Georg Olschewski OberLt Ing U-66 RK 1944

Hans Johanssen OberLt Ing U-802 RK 1945

Heinrich Prassdorf OberMasch U-1203 RK 1945

Got Him !

And it was not one of the above

I missed that he had the DKIG , its Rudolf Muhlbauer !

The only Maat (leading seaman) that got the RK while serving in Uboats. born in 1919 and died 2000. He was on U-123 and had a record ? of 748 days at sea

Christer

Edited May 24, 2011 by christerd

[ian jewison]

Yes, definately Rudolf Muhlbauer......he received his RK whilst serving aboard U-170.

I have copies of these photos also but mine are more crisp!

There is a very good book about him and U-170: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feindfahrt-U-170-Ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-Rudolf-M%C3%BChlbauer/dp/3831141355

/Ian