MOLDERS D186

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

LÜTJENS Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid April 12 1966 as DDG-29 - Launched April 13 1968 MOLDERS D-186 (German Naval Service) (alt: MÖLDERS) Commissioned September 20 1969 Decommissioned March 28 2003 As of April 7, 2024 she is still at the Navy Museum in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

 

Naval Covers

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1. FGS Molders D186 Covers Page 1      (1968-2005)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

German Pictorial Postmark Kiel Germany

2001-06-17

Fleet Week

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 - 22 November 1941)
        Mölders was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He was credited with 101 victories in WWII as well as 14 victories in the Spanish civil war. He rose quickly through the ranks, and was given command of a Geschwader (Fighter Wing) at age 27, and promoted to Oberst (Colonel) and appointed Inspector General of Fighters at age 28. Mölders was a devoutly religious individual who demanded that all Allied aviators captured by those under his command be treated civilly and often would invite captured pilots to dine with him. On November 22, 1941 he was flying as a passenger in a He-111 from the Crimea to Germany to attend the funeral of his superior and friend, Ernst Udet. Attempting to land at Breslau during a thunderstorm, the aircraft crashed. Mölders and the pilot were killed.

The ships sponsor was his mother, Anne-Marie Mölders.

 

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