Date of birth:

March 28th, 1919

Date of death:

September 3rd, 2015

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

16.01.1944: U-66 left Lorient to operate in middle Atlantic then Freetown and the Gulf of Guinea and back
06.05.1944: survived after 111 days of patrol when U-66 was sunk west of Cape Verde 17°17' North - 32°29' West by USS 'BUCKLEY' (D.51) - remaining crew : 24 KIA and 36 rescued by destroyer escort USS 'Buckley'

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• Photo: U-boat Archive - U-66 POWs
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - DKiG-Träger in alphabetischer Reihenfolge
  - File:U-66 Gerettet 2.jpg - Wikimedia Commons