Esch, von der, Dietrich (U-586)
- Date of birth:
- January 31st, 1915 (Charlottenburg/Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 29th, 1944 (Recife, South-Atlantic Ocean)
- Buried on:
- German Submarines Memorial
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant, U 586, 6. Unterseebootsflottille, U-606 then U-863, killed on 29th September 1944 when U-863 was sunk by depth charges from two B-24 Liberator bombers (VB-107/B-9), southeast of Recife at position 10°45'S, 25°30'W.
00.10.1936-00.09.1940: Aufklärer, Luftwaffe
04.09.1941-30.09.1943: Kdr, U-586: 10 patrols (221 days)
14.09.1942-26.09.1942: Kdr, U-606: 1 patrol (13 days)
03.11.1943-29.09.1944: Kdr, U-863: 1 patrol (66 days)
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Gemeinsames Flugzeugfuhrer-Beobachter Abzeichen (ohne brillianten)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant, U 586, 6. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- Photo: Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Esch - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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