Date of birth:

April 25th, 1915 (St. Andreasberg i Harz)

Date of death:

April 9th, 1945 (Kattegat, Sweden)

Buried on:

German War Graves Göteborg-Kviberg
Plot: 21. 

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

KpLt.ing.
U-558
U-843
20.12.1944: U-843 was supplied with fuel by U-181
09.04.1945: U-804, U-1065 and U-843 were detected in position 57.48N, 11.15E in the Kattegat by mosquitoes of the 143rd, 235th and 248th squadron and attacked with gunfire and missiles
After 119 days at sea, U-843 was sunk, heavily damaged by British mosquitoes
Onboard U-843, 44 died and 14 survived.
When U-843 was lifted, the bodies and an urn on board were buried in Kviberg-Göteborg

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