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Ammon, Erich ('U-126')

Service number:
N.656/34
Nationality:
German

Biography

According to the Deutsches U-Boot Museum in Cuxhaven-Altenbruch, Erich Ammon served with U 126 the first 5 patrols.

01.07.1934: entered the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1940-21.03.1941: U 32.
25.01.1940: promoted to Ober-MaschinenMaat
22.03.1941-07.01.1943: U 126, 2. U-Flottille
5 patrols 391 days at sea
03.07.1943: 'U-126' sunk by a Vickers Wellington of No. 172 Squadron RAF off Cape Ortegal, Spain. 46.02N, 11.23W
There were no survivors from the 55 man crew.

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Rank:
Maschinenmaat
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1938
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Maschinenmaat
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obermachinenmaat
Unit:
U 32, 2. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1940
U-boot Kriegsabzeichen

Sources

  • - Verleihungsurkunde Dienst IV, 1 oktober 1938, U-Boot Kriegsabzeichen

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