Philipp Lichtenberg

Philipp Lichtenberg
Born	(1908-09-09)9 September 1908 Koblenz
Died	Kiel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1928–45 1956–64
Rank	Kapitänleutnant (Ing) (Kriegsmarine) Fregattenkapitän (Bundesmarine)
Unit	U-6, U-16, U-18, U-96, U-652, U-37, U-516
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Philipp Lichtenberg (9 September 1908 in Koblenz – 14 December 1993 in Kiel) was a German naval officer and chief engineer on a U-boat and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (11 November 1941)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (23 November 1939)
• U-boat Front Clasp
  • in Bronze (5 October 1944)
  • in Silver (6 March 1945)
• German Cross in Gold on 27 March 1944 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) on U-516 in the 10th U-boat Flotilla
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 March 1945 as Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) and chief engineer on U-516
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (September 1964)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Bootwaffe - Band 2. K - Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-1759-3.