Gross, Walter (U-460)
- Date of birth:
- December 17th, 1916
- Date of death:
- October 4th, 1943 (Açores Islands, North Atlantic)
- Buried on:
- German Submarines Memorial
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
U 14
U 109 : all first 5 war patrols
U 460 : 6 war patrols
00.03.1942: promoted to Oberbootsmannsmaat
04.10.1943: Bootsmann, KIA when U-460 was sunk North of the Açores Islands in North Atlantic in position 43°18' North - 28°58' West after an air attack conducted by a Grumman TBF Avenger flown by R.L. Stearns and two Grumman F4F Wildcat flown by E.S. Heim and D.O. Puckett - remaining crew : 62 KIA and 2 survivors rescued by U-264
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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 460", 12. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Walter Gross | Gräbersuche-Online
- HMA
- U 460 – U-Boot-Archiv Wiki
- Gross, Walter – U-Boot-Archiv Wiki
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