Curt Rechel

Curt Rechel
Born	(1902-12-01)1 December 1902 Iserlohn
Died	Farchant
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1923–45
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Commands held	Z-11 Bernd von Arnim Z-29 ZG 3 Hermes
Battles/wars	World War II Battles of Narvik Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Mediterranean
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Curt Rechel (1 December 1902 – 10 August 1973) was a highly decorated Kapitän zur See 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. ZG 3 Hermes, under the command of Rechel, sank the British submarine HMS Splendid on 21 April 1943.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (6 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (3 June 1940)
• Destroyer War Badge (19 October 1940)
• Narvik Shield (1 November 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 20 November 1941 as Korvettenkapitän on Z-29/8. Zerstörer-Flottille
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 May 1943 as Fregattenkapitän and commander of Zerstörer Z-29
• Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare (27 April 1943)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Deutsches Marinearchiv

Military offices
Preceded by None	Commander of Z-11 Bernd von Arnim December 1938 – 13 April 1940	Succeeded by Scuttled after the Second Naval Battle of Narvik
Preceded by None	Commander of Z-29 June 1943 – March 1943	Succeeded by Korvettenkapitän Theodor von Mutius
Preceded by Kapitän zur See Rolf Johannesson	Commander of ZG-3 Hermes 2 April 1943 – May 1943	Succeeded by None