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Rieder, Georg (U 530)

Date of birth:
September 26th, 1918
Nationality:
German

Biography

OBtsMt
U 160.
U 530, Typ IXC/40
Feldpostnummer: M - 49 518
03.03.1945: U-530 - from Horten to US coastline
10.07.1945: U-530 surrendered in the harbor for the City of MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina after 129 days at sea
20.11.1945: transferred to the US, U-530 was sunk at Cape Cod, Position 42°39' N - 69°32' W by US-U-Boot USS TORO"SS-422"

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberbootsmannsmaat
Unit:
seemännischer Unteroffizier, U-Boot, "U 530", 33. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:
October 22nd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Dörr M., Einer von Dreiunddreissig, Internationales Militaira Magazine Nr 124, september-oktober 2006, Heinz Nickel Buchbetrieb, Zweibrücken
    - Ehrentafel der Deutschen Kriegsmarine dd 18-11-1944

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