Date of birth:

December 24th, 1916

Date of death:

October 31st, 1943 (near the Azores)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

14.10.1943: U-306 left Brest for her 5th patrol
31.10.1943: Obersteuermann, KIA with the sinking of U-boat U-306, 1. Unterseebootsflottille near 46.19N / 20.44W, Açores islands, North Atlantic by deep charges launched by UK HMS 'Whitehall' and HMS 'Geranium'
All 51 crew members lost and Kapitänleutnant Claus von Trotha psothumously awarded the DKiG.

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• Photo: Stephan Ciupka (1916-1943) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  

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