Götz Freiherr von Mirbach

Infobox Military Person
name=Götz Freiherr von Mirbach
born=birth date|1915|9|12|df=y
died=dda|1968|8|6|1915|9|12|df=y


placeofbirth=Berlin-Charlottenburg
placeofdeath=Hamburg
nickname=
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1935–1945
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=9. Schnellbootflottille
unit=
battles=Spanish Civil War
World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Götz Freiherr von Mirbachref label|Note1|a|a (12 September 1912 – 6 August 1968) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Von Mirbach was assigned to the 1. Schnellbootflottille attacking enemy shipping in the English Channel, sinking a British destroyer and three armed merchant vessels among others. His younger cousin, "Oberleutnant" Emmerich von Mirbach, served as the Engineering Officer on U 595. Götz Freiherr von Mirbach was later promoted to "Korvettenkapitän" and served as commander of the 9. Schnellbootflottille

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (14 August 1940)
** 500. Oak Leaves (14 June 1944)
* Fast Attack Craft War Badge with Diamonds (14 June 1944)

Footnotes

*note label|Note1|a|aGerman title Freiherr

References

;General

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External links
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/MirbachGFv-R.htm Götz Freiherr von Mirbach @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]