Harald Gelhaus

Harald Gelhaus (24 July 1915 in Göttingen – 2 December 1997 in Bochum) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. As commander of and Gelhaus is credited with the sinking of 19 ships (including ) for a total of and further damaging one ship of .

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
• 2nd Class (31 October 1940)
• 1st Class (24 February 1941)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (31 December 1940)
• U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze (1 October 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-107
• War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (1 September 1944)

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