Ernst Kals

Infobox Military Person
name=Ernst Kals
born=birth date|1905|8|2|df=y
died=dda|1979|11|2|1905|8|2|df=y
placeofbirth=Glauschau
placeofdeath=Emden


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Weimar Republic Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1924 – 1945
rank=Kapitän zur See
commands=U-130
2. Unterseebootsflottille
unit=U-37
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Ernst Kals (2 August 1905 – 2 November 1979) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded U-130, sinking seventeen ships on five patrols, for a total of 111,249 tons of Allied shipping.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (18 December 1939)
** 1st Class (18 December 1941)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (18 December 1941)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1 September 1942)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz (1995). "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

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