Johann Mohr

Infobox Military Person
name=Johann Mohr
born=birth date|1916|6|12|df=y
died=dda|1943|4|2|1916|6|12|df=y
placeofbirth=Hanover
placeofdeath=Atlantic Ocean
coord|41|02|N|15|39|W|


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy| Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1934-1943
rank=Kapitänleutnant
commands=U-124
unit=
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
U-boat War Badge
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Lieutenant Commander Johann Mohr (12 June 1916 – 2 April 1943) was a famous "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the U-124, sinking twenty-nine ships on six patrols, for a total of 155.459 tons of Allied shipping.

U-124 attacked and sank the HMS "Dunedin" on 24 November 1941.

Johann Mohr was killed in action when U-124 was sunk with all hands on 2 April 1943 west of Oporto, Portugal, by the British corvette HMS Stonecrop and the sloop HMS "Black Swan".

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (29 November 1939)
** 1st Class (4 May 1941)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (4 May 1941)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (27 March 1942)
** 177. Oak Leaves (13 January 1943)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.

;External link
* [http://uboat.net/men/mohr.htm uboat.net]