- Ernst Bauer (Kapitän zur See)
Infobox Military Person
name=Ernst Bauer
born=birth date|1914|1|3|df=y
died=dda|1988|3|12|1914|1|3|df=y
placeofbirth=Fürth
placeofdeath=Westerland auf Sylt
caption=
nickname="Dwarf"
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West GermanyWest Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears= 1933 – 1945, 1955 – 1972
rank=Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine)Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
commands="U-120"
"U-126"
26. Unterseebootflottille
unit=
battles=
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=Captain Ernst Bauer (
3 January 1914 –12 March 1988 ) was a GermanU-boat commander of theSecond World War . Bauer was one of the U-boat commanders who picked up crew of the German auxiliary cruiser "Atlantis", which had been sunk at sea.Military career
Ernst Bauer joined the
Kriegsmarine on23 September 1933 . Promoted to "Leutnant zur See " on1 October 1936 , he volunteered for service in the U-board arm in January 1938 after one year of training on the light cruiserSMS Königsberg . He became a watch officer on U 20 and U 37 before taking command of U 120. He turned over command in November 1940 and took over command of U 126 on1 March 1941 . He conducted five combat patrols into theCaribbean Sea and African waters.Awards
*
Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (8 November 1939)
** 1st Class (1 August 1940)
*Destroyer War Badge (19 October 1940)
*U-boat War Badge (1939) (8 November 1939)
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (16 March 1942) number 104 of the KriegsmarineReferences
;External link
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz (1995). "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
* [http://uboat.net/men/bauer.htm uboat.net]
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/BauerE-R.htm Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
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