Leinemann, Heinrich ('U-437')
- Date of birth:
- May 12th, 1915 (Peine/Hannover, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Career:
Entry in the Navy: 1st January 1935
November 1935 - March 1937 on Torpedoboot "Jaguar"
April 1938 - April 1940 on Zerstörer "Bernd von Arnim"
November 1941 - May 1945 6.U-Bootflottille
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DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 3. Kompanie, II. Abteilung, Marineunteroffiziers-Lehrabteilung
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Maschinenmaat
- Unit:
- Zerstörer "Bernd von Arnim"
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Maschinenmaat
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Marineregiment 'Narvik'
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1940
Received in Hundalen.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Maschinenmaat
- Unit:
- Zerstörer "Bernd von Arnim"
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Maschinenmaat
- Unit:
- Zerstörer "Bernd von Arnim"
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obermaschinist
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obermaschinist
- Unit:
- U 437, 6. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- November 21st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obermaschinist
- Unit:
- U 437, 6. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- U 437, 6. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Stabsobermaschinist
- Unit:
- U 437, 6. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: H.-P. Rackete
- Photo: Soldbuch
- - 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
- Dörr M., Einer von Dreiunddreissig, Internationales Militaria Magazine Nr 124, september-oktober 2006, Heinz Nickel Buchbetrieb, Zweibrücken
- Ehrentafel der Deutschen Kriegsmarine dd 18-11-1944
- Documents, Award documents and Soldbuch via H.-P. Rackete
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