Ernst Lucht

Ernst Lucht
Born	(1896-02-27)27 February 1896
Died	2 November 1975(1975-11-02) (aged 79)
Place of birth	Süderende on Föhr
Place of death	Neumünster
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914 – 1945
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Schlesien
Commands held	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (1915)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 December 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (5 September 1943)
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)
• Cross of Honour for Combatants (30 January 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (15 September 1939)
• War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941)
• War Merit Cross 1st Class (20 April 1942)
• Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, Ubootsjagd-, und Sicherungsverbände (6 December 1941)
• German Cross in Gold (9 November 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)
• Cross of Merit 1st Class (April 1967)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996) (in German). 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]. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6. 
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) (in German). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [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]. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. 
• Huß, Jürgen & Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939-1945 (in German). VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 3-925480-79-X.
• 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) (in German). 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]. Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 

External links

• Ernst Lucht @ Deutsche Marinearchiv