Ernst Mengersen

Infobox Military Person
name=Ernst Mengersen
born=birth date|1912|6|30|df=y
died=dda|1995|11|6|1912|6|30|df=y
placeofbirth=Bremke
placeofdeath=Detmold


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1933-1945
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=U-18, U-143, U-101, U-607
unit=pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer"
battles=Spanish Civil War
World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Ernst Mengersen (30 June 1912 – 6 November 1995) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the U-18, U-143, U-101 and U-607, sinking twelve ships on eleven patrols, for a total of 68,071 tons of Allied shipping.

Awards

* Spanish Cross (23 October 1940)
* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (27 January 1940)
** 1st Class (10 December 1940)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (25 February 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (18 November 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.

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