KEMNADE, Friedrich  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Kemnade, Friedrich
Date of birth: December 12th, 1911 (Schwarmstedt-Fallingbostel/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:  January 29th, 2008 (Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Career:
Kriegsmarine:
Seekadett: 1st October 1931
Gefreiter: 1st April 1932
Fähnrich zur See: 1st January 1933
Obermaat: 1st July 1933
Oberfähnrich zur See: 1st January 1935
Leutnant zur See: 1st April 1935
Oberleutnant zur See: 1st January 1937
Kapitänleutnant: 1st October 1939
Korvettenkapitän: 1st March 1943
Bundesmarine:
Fregattenkapitän : 1st April 1956
Kapitän zur See: 15th August 1959
Flottillenadmiral: 17th April 1964
Konteradmiral: 2nd April 1968
     
DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE
Rank: Leutnant zur See (Lieutenant)
Unit: 1.Schnellboot Halbflotille
Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: Kreuzer Emden
Awarded on: April 30th, 1940
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: September 20th, 1940
Action: Kemnade was badly wounded during a British Air raid dd 11-09-1940 on the Dutch Harbour Vlissingen (Flushing)on board of hte S 13.
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: December 24th, 1940
 
     
SCHNELLBOOT-KRIEGSABZEICHEN
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: March 11th, 1941
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootsflotille
Awarded on: February 2nd, 1942
 
     
MEDAGLIE AL VALORE MILITARE ARGENTO
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: May 21st, 1942
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: June 18th, 1942
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: Chef 3.Schnellbootsflotille
Awarded on: July 23rd, 1942
Details: 117th Award.
 
     
CAMPAGNA D'AFRIKA (ITALO-TEDESCA)
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: December 5th, 1942
 
     
FLOTTEN-KRIEGSABZEICHEN
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: January 2nd, 1943
 
     
MEDAGLIE AL VALORE MILITARE ARGENTO
Rank: Kapitänleutnant
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: January 24th, 1943
 
     
CROCE AL VALORE DI GUERRA
Rank: Korvettenkapitan
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: March 17th, 1943
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
Rank: Korvettenkapitan
Unit: Chef 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: May 27th, 1943
Details: 249th Award.
 
     
ÄRMELBAND AFRIKA
Rank: Korvettenkapitan
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: October 12th, 1943
 
     
SCHNELLBOOT-KRIEGSABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN
Rank: Korvettenkapitan
Unit: 3.Schnellbootflotille
Awarded on: 1943
 
     
MEDAGLIE AL VALORE MILITARE ARGENTO
Awarded on: 1943
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collectie, Nederland
Information source(s):   - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
   
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