Ernst Lucht Explained

Ernst Lucht
Birth Date:	27 February 1896
Birth Place:	Süderende on Föhr
Death Place:	Neumünster
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1933)
Branch:
Serviceyears:	1914–1945
Rank:	Konteradmiral
Commands:	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Unit:	SMS Freya SMS Schlesien
Battles:	World War I----World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1915)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 December 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (5 September 1943)
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (15 September 1939)
• War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941) & 1st Class (20 April 1942)
• Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941)
• German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
• Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967)

References

Bibliography

• Book: Dörr , Manfred . 1996 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio Verlag . 978-3-7648-2497-6 .
• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6 .

• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8 .
• Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die 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 . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2 .