Hans Hoßfeld

Infobox Military Person
name=Hans Hoßfeld
born=birth date|1912|3|23|df=y
died=dda|1944|11|19|1912|3|23|df=y
placeofbirth=Nierstein
placeofdeath=on Sõrve Peninsula


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer (1934-1941)
navy|Nazi Germany (1941-1944)
serviceyears=1934-1944
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=Marine Artillerie Abteilung 531
unit=
battles=World War II
*Moonzund Landing Operation
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves (posthumously)
laterwork=

Hans Hoßfeld (23 March 1912 – 2 November 1967) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Hoßfeld was killed in action by a tank grenade in defence of the Sõrve Peninsula on 19 November 1944.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class and 1st Class
* German Cross in Gold
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (6 October 1944)
** 659. Oak Leaves (25 November 1944)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.