Fabig, Walter (U-94)
- Date of birth:
- November 27th, 1919
- Date of death:
- February 6th, 1944 (west of Ascension Island, South Atlantic)
- Buried on:
- German Submarines Memorial
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
BtsMt, U 94
06.02.1944: Obersteuermann, 3. WO, U 177, KIA when U-177 was sunk by depth charges from US Liberator B-3 flown by Lt. C.I. Pinnell, US-Navy Squadron VB-107 in the South Atlantic west of Ascension Island, in position 10.35S, 23.15W, remaining crew : 50 KIA and 15 survivors rescued by USS 'OMAHA' (CL-4)
Credited with 20 war patrols
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U-boot Kriegsabzeichen (ohne Brillianten)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Bootsmannsmaat
- Unit:
- seemännischer Unteroffizier, U-Boot, "U 94", 7. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- June 18th, 1942
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Walter Fabig | Gräbersuche-Online
- HMA
- U 177 – U-Boot-Archiv Wiki
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