Gerhard Bigalk

Infobox Military Person
name=Gerhard Bigalk
born=birth date|1908|11|26|df=y
died=dda|1942|7|17|1908|11|26|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin-Niederschönhausen
placeofdeath=North Atlantic
coord|45|14|N|12|22|W|


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1934 – 1942
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=U-14
U-751
unit=
battles=Spanish Civil War
World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Gerhard Bigalk (26 November 1908 – 17 July 1942) was a "Fregattenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-751. He is also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

On 21 December 1941 Biglak sank the British escort carrier HMS Audacity. "Korvettenkapitän" Gerhard Bigalk and the entire crew of U 751 died on 17 July 1942 when a British aircraft sank U 751 in the North Atlantic northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain.

Awards

* Spanish Cross (1 June 1936)
* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (30 November 1940)
** 1st Class (7 February 1940)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (26 December 1941)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (26 December 1941)

References

* 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.

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