| 词条 | Gerhard Bigalk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name=Gerhard Bigalk |birth_date={{birth date|1908|11|26|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1942|7|17|1908|11|26|df=y}} |birth_place=Berlin-Niederschönhausen |death_place=North Atlantic |placeofburial_coordinates={{coord|45|14|N|12|22|W|name=Gerhard Bigalk (death)}} |image=Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-6433-39, St. Nazaire, Kommandant Bigalk.jpg |caption=Bigalk at St. Nazaire, 15 June 1942 |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}} |serviceyears=1934–42 |rank=Korvettenkapitän |commands={{GS|U-14|1936|2}} {{GS|U-751||2}} |unit={{SMS|Schleswig-Holstein||2}} tender Saar Condor Legion A/88 24th U-boat Flotilla 7th U-boat Flotilla |battles=Spanish Civil War World War II
|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |laterwork=}} Gerhard Bigalk (26 November 1908 – 17 July 1942) was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of {{GS|U-751||2}}. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. CareerBigalk spent some years in the merchant marine before joining the Kriegsmarine in April 1934. He initially trained as an observer in the naval air force, and saw service during the Spanish Civil War, making 21 combat flights in 1937. He joined the U-boat force in November 1939. He trained into 1940, taking command of the school boat {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} between June and August 1940. He then took command of the newly built submarine {{GS|U-751||2}} when it commissioned in January 1941.[1] Between June 1941 and July 1942 Bigalk commanded U-751 on seven combat patrols, sinking six ships totalling 32,412 tons, and damaged one ship of 8,096 tons.[2] This included the 11,000 ton British escort carrier {{HMS|Audacity|D10|6}} from convoy HG 76, sunk on 21 December 1941 during his fourth patrol, for which Bigalk was awarded the Knight's Cross.[1] Bigalk died on 17 July 1942 when U-751 was sunk with all hands by depth charges dropped by a Whitley bomber from No. 502 Squadron RAF and a Lancaster bomber from No. 61 Squadron RAF in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain.[1] Bigalk received a posthumous promotion to Korvettenkapitän on 5 April 1945.[1] Summary of careerShips attackedAs commander of {{GS|U-751||2}} Gerhard Bigalk is credited with the sinking of five ships for a total of {{GRT|21,412|disp=long}}, further damaging one ship of {{GRT|8,096}} and sinking one warship of {{convert|11000|LT|abbr=off}}.
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ReferencesNotes1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web |url= http://uboat.net/men/bigalk.htm |title=Korvettenkapitän Gerhard Bigalk |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |accessdate=24 May 2010}} 2. ^{{Cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u751.html |title=War Patrols by German U-boat U-751 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |accessdate=24 May 2010}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
|last1=Busch |first1=Rainer |last2=Röll |first2=Hans-Joachim |year=2003 |title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 |trans-title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945 |language=German |location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany |publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn |isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2 |ref=harv }}
|last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |origyear=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 |ref=harv }}
|last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 |ref=harv }}{{refend}}{{Subject bar | portal1=Biography | portal2=Military of Germany | portal3=Submarine | portal4=World War II | commons=y }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Biglak, Gerhard}} 9 : 1908 births|1942 deaths|German military personnel killed in World War II|U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine)|Recipients of the Spanish Cross|Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|People lost at sea|Reichsmarine personnel|Condor Legion personnel |
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