Otto Pollmann
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Otto Franz Pollmann | |
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| Born | 3 March 1915 Wesermünde, Germany |
| Died | 28 February 1958 Leer (East Frisia), West Germany |
| Service/ | Kriegsmarine Bundesmarine |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Otto Franz Pollmann (born 3 March 1915 in Wesermünde; died 28 February 1958 in Leer (East Frisia) was a German naval officer who served in both the Kriegsmarine and the Bundesmarine. He is considered the most successful submarine hunter of World War II.
Life
• 1 August 1942: Naval Lieutenant • 26 January 1944: Senior Naval Lieutenant • 1 March 1945: Lieutenant Commander • 1 July 1956: Corvette Captain Otto Pollmann was already a professional seaman before the war and initially trained as a ship’s officer in the civilian merchant navy. In 1939, he joined the Kriegsmarine as a radio operator and reserve officer candidate. In early 1943, he became the commander of submarine chaser UJ 2210, which was deployed in the Mediterranean.
Pollmann is credited with the sinking of 14 submarines,[1] although this number is disputed and only partly substantiated—for example, the sinking of HMS Tigris in February 1943.[2] In May 1943, Pollmann was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross as a Senior Naval Lieutenant. Shortly after receiving the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross in April 1944, his command, UJ 2210, was sunk in the Mediterranean. Pollmann was then transferred to the Baltic Sea. At the end of the war in 1945, he served as a company commander in Flensburg, protecting the Dönitz Government.
Pollmann lived in Rhauderfehn, his wife's hometown, and on 1 July 1956, he joined the Bundesmarine with the rank of Corvette Captain. He was involved in establishing submarine-hunting units in the new navy. Pollmann died on 28 February 1958. At the time of his death, he was serving as a NATO liaison officer in the Netherlands.[3] His son, Jörg Pollmann, was Harbourmaster of the Port of Hamburg from 1994 until 2022.[4]
References
- ↑ Schaulen, Fritjof (2004). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe II, Ihlefeld-Primozic, Publisher: Pour le Mérite, Selent, 2004 p. 148.
- ↑ HMS Tigris, Uboat.net
- ↑ Dörr, Manfred (1996) Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Volume 2: L–Z, Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2, p. 133.
- ↑ Jörg Pollmann: Alles hört auf sein Kommando, Hamburger Abendblatt, 11 May 2019 [1]
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