Ernst Lucht

Ernst Lucht
Lucht (right) with Günther Bantzer, lord mayor of Kiel
Born	(1896-02-27)27 February 1896 Süderende on Föhr
Died	2 November 1975(1975-11-02) (aged 79) Neumünster
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Schlesien
Commands	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
Battles / wars	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

• 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] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• 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] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.