Harald Gelhaus

Harald Gelhaus (24 July 1915 in Göttingen – 2 December 1997 in Bochum) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. As commander of GS U-143 (1940) and GS U-107 (1940) Gelhaus is credited with the sinking of 19 ships (including SS Clan Alpine (1918)) for a total of and further damaging one ship of.

Awards

 * Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (31 October 1940)
 * 1st Class (24 February 1941)
 * U-boat War Badge (1939) (31 December 1940)
 * U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze (1 October 1944)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-107
 * War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (1 September 1944)