Kapitän zur See Harald Netzbandt (1892-1941)

[Stauffenberg II]

Hi gentlemen!

I´m interested in

Kpt. z. See Harald Netzbandt
Cdr. Battleship Gneisenau 1939-1940
Chief of Staff Fleet Command 1940-1941

Netzbandt died on May 27th, 1941 aboard Battleship Bismarck, together with Adm. Günter Lütjens and Kpt. z. See Ernst Lindemann. Can anybody provide data on and a pic of him?

Regards,
Stauffenberg II

[J.N. Houterman]

Kapitän zur See (1.10.1937) Harald Netzbandt
Geboren 3.8.1892 zu Berlin
Verstorben 27.5.1941 (gefallen)

09.1935-11.1939 Abteilungschef, Oberkommando der Marine / Marinepersonalamt
11.1939-08.1940 Kommandant Gneisenau
08.1940-05.1941 Chef des Stabes, Flottenkommando

[Stauffenberg II]

Great shot Hans, thanks!

I think Netzbandt is the man visibly wearing the EK I and Spange zum EK I, isn´t he.

Regards,
Stauffenberg II

[J.N. Houterman]

As to Netzbandt: I think so, the short guy.

Forgot to say he was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (posthumously) on 30.4.1942.

Cheers,

Hans

[Stauffenberg II]

Great work, I forgot to ask for the awards. Nice, that you included it.

Strange: It took a long time (11 months) to recognize that he was worth being awarded the DKiG for action in a time when this award wasn´t actually set up.

Please grant the traditional follow up. Do you have the RDA of Kpt. z. See Ernst Lindemann and Kpt. z. See Hans Langsdorff? Was Lindemann awarded the DKiG posthumously, too?

Regards,
Stauffenbrg II

[J.N. Houterman]

Kpt. z. See (1.4.1938) Ernst Lindemann, Ritterkreuz d. EK (27.12.1941)
Kpt. z. See (1.1.1937) Hans Langsdorff, no major awards

Cheers,

Hans

[Stauffenberg II]

Excellent.

Regards

[MontysCaravan]

Looking for info on;
Chief of Staff (Chef des Stabes): Kapitän zur See Harald Netzband who was on the Bismarck when it sank and didn't survive. Having trouble finding anything beyond those most basic details, wondered if anyone had any further info.

cheers,

[Doktor Krollspell]

Hello MontysCaravan!

Harald Netzbandt recieved the DKiG (German Cross in Gold) on 30.04.1942 as a Kapitän z.S. with the OKM/Flottenkommando. Source: Patzwall & Scherzer (2001).

He either recieved the award posthumously one year after the sinking or, just a thought, he recieved it (still posthumously) on the same date but in 1941, just some three days after the sinking of the Bismarck...


Regards,

Krollspell

[Doktor Krollspell]

Well, the award date of 30.04.1942 is probably correct. Here's some career details on Netzbandt...

Netzbandt, Harald (03.08.1892 - 27.05.1941)
01.10.36 - 25.11.39 Chef der Abteilung Allgemeine u. Angelegenheiten der Seeoffiziere im Marinepersonalamt (MPA I)
__.11.39 - 01.08.40 Kommandant Schlachtschiff Gneisenau
02.08.40 - 27.05.41 Chef des Stabes beim Flottenkommando
27.05.41 auf dem Schlachtschiff Bismarck gefallen
DKG: 30.04.42 als Kpt.z.S., Chef des Stabes beim Flottenkommando

http://www.deutsche-marinesoldaten.de/


Regards,

Krollspell

[MontysCaravan]

Thanks for those. I was genuinely surprised to find so little information on such a high ranking officer. I had the honour of meeting his grandson, who told me some interesting stories. I thought it'd be interesting to find out more, but there's little on the web, and few of my books are Naval.

cheers,