Hans Temming

Hans Temming
Born	(1913-05-07)7 May 1913 Freiburg im Breisgau
Died	13 April 1985(1985-04-13) (aged 71) Hamburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1935–45
Rank	Kapitänleutnant
Unit	SSS Gorch Fock cruiser Emden Z4 Richard Beitzen Z-7 Hermann Schoemann Torpedoboot T-21 Torpedoboot T-28
Commands held	Torpedoboot T-28
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Walter Temming (7 May 1913 – 13 April 1985) 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

Memel Medal (15 October 1939)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (6 February 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (27 March 1942)^[1]
Destroyer War Badge (17 September 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 3 August 1944 as Kapitänleutnant on Torpedoboot T-28/5. Torpedobootsflottille^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 May 1945 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Torpedoboot T-28^[3]^[4]

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 Dörr 1996, p. 281.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 471.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 419.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 739.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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