Date of birth:

December 29th, 1914 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

January 16th, 1945 (North Channel between England and Ireland)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Hartmut Graf von Matuschka Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen, was killed in action as Kapitänleutnant and U-Boot kommandant when his submarine U-482 was sunk with loss of all hands on January 16th 1945 in the North Channel between England and Ireland. Under his command a total of four ships were sunk with a total of 31.611 GRT and one warship with 1.010 tons.
He was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 1st April 1942.

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• Photo: Ernst S. von Heydebrand
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