Date of birth:

August 6th, 1917 (Siebitz/Bautzen, Germany)

Date of death:

May 17th, 2002 (Lohra, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Unit:

U-616, 29. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

November 19th, 1943

Kommandant

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Unit:

Kommandant U-616, 29. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

January 27th, 1944

Awarded for his distinguished wartime career (which included six patrols as Second Watch Officer to U-Boat ace Erich Topp), the sinking of two Allied warships in the Mediterranean as well as several other unconfirmed claims in the same theater of operations.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 8th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 7th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 8th, 1941

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
  - Kurowski F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service, Schiffer Publishing, 1995
  

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Shipwreck U.S.S. Buck (DD-420)

Capo Palinuro - Campania

Shipwreck U-616

Soug El Bgar - Chlef

Ship Wreck Submarine U 7

Yantarny - Kaliningradskaja oblast