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Schütte, Ernst-Wilhelm (V 414)

Date of birth:
1885
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Kapitän, V 414, Wetterbeobachtungsschiff 7 (ex "Dampfer "Sachsenwald")
00.05.1941: saved five survivors when the "Bismarck" sunk
06.08.1944: North of Ile d' Yeu a British Navy Group with CL Bellona and the DD' s Tartar, Ashanti, Haida and Iroquois sank Vp-Boot 414 (ex "Sachsenwald")

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Fischdampferkapitän
Unit:
Kdt, Wetterbeobachtungsschiff, V 414, ex-"WBS 7",
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern

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