Otto Pollmann

Otto Pollmann
Born	3 March 1915(1915-03-03) Wesermünde/Geestemünde
Died	28 February 1958(1958-02-28) (aged 42) Leer
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine  German Federal Navy
Years of service	1939–1945, 1956–1958
Rank	Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves (Wehrmacht) Korvettenkapitän (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	U-Jäger 2210
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Otto Franz Pollmann (3 March 1915 – 28 February 1958) was a Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Pollmann is credited with the destruction of 14 submarines,^[1] though only one, the sinking of HMS Tigris in February 1943, can be substantiated.^[2]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 May 1940)^[3]
  • 1st Class (3 March 1943)^[3]
• Minesweeper War Badge (23 November 1940)^[3]
• Wound Badge in Black (17 July 1942)^[3]
• German Cross in Gold (26 January 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Knight's Cross on 19 May 1943 as Leutnant zur See of the Reserves and commander of U-Jäger 2210 in the 22.U-Jagdflottille^[4]
  • 461st Oak Leaves on 25 April 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves and commander of U-Jäger 2210^[5]

References

Citations

1. ^ Schaulen 2004, p. 148.
2. ^ HMS Tigris, Uboat.net
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Dörr 1996, p.133.
4. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 342.
5. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2004). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe II Ihlefeld - Primozic (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-21-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Deutsches Marinearchiv
• World War 2 Awards.com

Persondata
Name	Pollmann, Otto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	3 March 1915
Place of birth	Wesermünde/Geestemünde
Date of death	28 February 1958
Place of death	Leer