(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Professor Dr.ing.e.h. Karl Küpfmüller
Kriegsmarine Beamte in Admiral's rang
Born: 06 Oct 1897 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
Died: 26 Dec 1977 in Darmstadt
Doctorate In Engineering: 1944
Career:
Military Service with the Infantry (1916-1918)
Assistant with the Telegraph-Test-Office, Berlin (1919-1921)
Senior-Engineer with the Firm Siemens & Halske AG, Berlin (1921-1928)
Professor for Electro-Technology at the Technical College in Danzig (1928-1935)
Professor for Electro-Technology at the Technical College in Berlin (1935-1937)
With the Central Development-Command with the Firm Siemens & Halske AG, Berlin (1937-1945)
Honourary Professor at the Technical College in Berlin (1937-1945)
Chief of the Commission for SWignals-Medium with the Reichs Minister for Armaments and War Production (21 Aug 1942-08 May 1945)
Director of the Science Operations Staff, OKM (12 Jan 1944-08 May 1945)
Acting-Director of the Development-Department (MarRüst/NWa IV) of the Office-Group for Technical Signals Affairs, OKM and of the Signals-Medium-Test-Command Wolfenbüttel (19 May 1944-08 May 1945)
Director of the Technical Advisory with the Chief of Kriegsmarine-Armaments, OKM (06 Sep 1944-08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern (30 Apr 1945)


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