Egon-Reiner von Schlippenbach

Infobox Military Person
name=Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach
born=birth date|1914|4|10|df=y
died=dda|1979|5|11|1914|4|10|df=y
placeofbirth=Cologne-Lindenthal
placeofdeath=Kiel


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1934 – 1945, 1956 – 1972
rank=Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht)
Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
commands=U-121
U-453
unit=SMS Schleswig-Holstein
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbachref label|Note1|a|a (10 April 1914 – 11 May 1979) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-121 and U-453. He is also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach is credited with the sinking of four ships for a total of 15,850 tons of Allied merchant shipping.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (25 February 1941)
** 1st Class (6 August 1942)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (25 February 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (19 November 1943)

Footnotes

*note label|Note1|a|aGerman title Freiherr

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.

;External link
* [http://uboat.net/men/schlippenbach.htm uboat.net]