Karl Jäckel

Karl Jäckel
Born	(1913-12-20)20 December 1913 Gladbeck, Westphalia
Died	Neubrandenburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1937–45
Rank	Oberleutnant (Ing)
Unit	U-29, U-160, U-907
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Deadlight
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Jäckel (20 December 1913, Gladbeck, Westphalia – 7 December 1984, Neubrandenburg) was a German U-boat coxswain in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Rettungsmedaille (5 June 1935)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (18 December 1940)
• Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 October 1938 (9 October 1939)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (16 December 1939)
• U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze (1944)
• German Cross in Gold on 28 October 1944 as Obersteuermann on U-907 in the 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Obersteuermann and helmsman on U-907

Footnotes

• ^a Walther-Peer Fellgiebel, author of Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945, lists him as a recipient with a presentation date of 9 May 1945. Fellgiebel also indicates that Jäckel's paybook states a presentation date of 1 June 1945, after the Dönitz-decree prohibited the awarding of the Knight's Cross. Thus making him a de facto but not de jure recipient. Franz Kurowski, author of Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service, and Clemens Range, author of Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine, list him with a presentation date of 28 May 1945. Authors Rainer Busch and Hans-Joachim Röll list him as a 9 May 1945 recipient indicating that the paybook states a 1 June 1945 presentation date.

References

Bibliography

• Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 3-8132-0515-0.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88740-748-2.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Karl Jäckel". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
• Deutsche Marinesoldaten
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht