Bio of Schnellboot Ace Götz Freiherr von Mirbach

Full nama: Erich Werner Siegfried Götz Freiherr von Mirbach
Nickname: Götz
Date of Birth: 12 September 1915 at Berlin-Charlottenburg (German Empire)
Date of Death: 6 August 1968 at Hamburg (West Germany)
Crewzugehörigkeit (Crew Membership): Unknown
NSDAP Number: unknown
SS Number: unknown
Academic Title: unknown
Family Member: unknown
Physical Feature: unknown

Beförderungen (Promotion):
01.04.1938 Leutnant zur See
00.00.19__ Oberleutnant zur See
00.00.19__ Kapitänleutnant
01.09.1944 Korvettenkapitän

Karriere (Career):
05.04.1935 Entrance in the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1939 Kommandant "S 18" / 1.Schnellbootsflottille
00.00.1940 Kommandant "S 21" / 1.Schnellbootsflottille
00.00.1941 Kommandant "S 29" / 1.Schnellbootsflottille
00.00.194_ Kommandant "S 48" / 4.Schnellbootsflottille
00.04.1943 - 00.05.1945 Chef 9. Schnellbootsflottille
00.05.1945 - 00.09.1945 British POW

Orden und Ehrenzeichen (Medals and Decorations):
05.04.1939 Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht IV.Klasse, 4 Jahre
30.04.1940 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
28.05.1940 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
14.08.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberleutnant zur See and Kommandant "S 21" / 1.Schnellbootsflottille. Awarded for his successes as an S-Boat captain in the early war. He and Oberleutnant Christiansen sunk the French destroyer “Jaguar” on the 23.05.1940. Later, on 05.07.1940, he sunk the British freighter “Hartlepool” (with 5500 GRT). Throughout 1940 he participated in further operations, sinking/damaging several other ships.
16.12.1940 Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen
21.12.1940 Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen
10.11.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
10.11.1943 Cruz del Mérito Militar White Division
28.04.1944 Mentioned in Wehrmachtbericht: "German fast attack crafts under the leadership of Korvettenkapitän Klug and Kapitänleutnant von Mirbach sank three ships for a total of 9100 GRT, another one of 200 GRT was torpedoed, its sinking is assumed, from a convoy, defended by destroyers and numerous smaller combat vessels, in the early morning hours of 28 April at the English southern coast. During the course of the hard fought battles a destroyer was torpedoed, its sinking could not be observed due to the defensive that had commenced, but is assumed with certainty. Our units returned to their stations without damage nor loss of personnel."
00.06.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
14.06.1944 Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen mit Brillianten
14.06.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub #500, as Käpitanleutnant and Chef 9. Schnellbootsflottille. The following press article describes how Mirbach would receive the Eichenlaub: “The Führer has bestowed the Eichenlaub to the Ritterkreuz upon the Flottillenchef of a Schnellbootsflottille, Kapitänleutnant Götz von Mirbach, as the 500th soldier of the German Wehrmacht to be so honoured in light of his successes against the Allied invasion fleet. Kapitänleutnant von Mirbach has been at the head of his Flottille since the beginning of the Invasion, night after night, in missions against the vastly numerically superior enemy. Under the most difficult of conditions he and his ships have in 5 consecutive nights been able to sink 8 landing ships with 16750 GRT and torpedo a further 2. In addition his ships also participated in the torpedoing of an enemy cruiser formation escorted by destroyers.”

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* His cousin, Leutnant zur See Emmerich von Mirbach, was an engineer officer on U 595.
* Von Mirbach, a passionate sailor, took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, at the age of 36. With his boat “Nirwana”, he represented Germany in the mixed 6-meter boat class. After seven rated races from July 20 to 28, 1952, he achieved 10th place, gold went to the United States, silver to Norway and bronze to Finland.

Source :
https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Mirbach,_G%C3%B6tz_Freiherr_von
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/14972/Mirbach-Freiherr-von-Erich-Werner-Siegfried-G%C3%B6tz.htm