Johann Mohr

Johann Mohr (12 June 1916 – 2 April 1943) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Career
Mohr joined the Reichsmarine in 1934. After serving as first Watch Officer (second-in-command) to Georg-Wilhelm Schulz in GS U-124 (1940) on three patrols, in September 1941 he assumed command of the U-boat on six patrols, and sank 27 merchant ships, for a total of 129,292 GRT of Allied shipping. This includes four ships from Convoy ONS-92 sunk on the night of 12 May 1942, totalling 21,784 tons. Mohr also sank the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin and the Free French corvette Mimose.

Death
Mohr was killed when U-124 was sunk with all hands on 2 April 1943 about 500 km west of Oporto, Portugal, by the British corvette HMS Stonecrop (K142) and the sloop HMS Black Swan (L57).

Awards

 * Spanish Cross in Bronze (6 June 1939)
 * Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 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 on 27 March 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-124
 * 177th Oak Leaves on 13 January 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-124
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 26 November 1941, 24 March 1942 and 18 June 1942