Date of birth:

August 30th, 1916 (Tientsin, China)

Date of death:

July 11th, 1944 (Gulf of Biscay, West of La Rochelle, France)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Crew 34
Promotions:
08.04.1934: Offiziersanwärter
01.07.1935: Fähnrich zur See
01.01.1937: Oberfähnrich zur See
01.04.1937: Leutnant zur See
01.04.1939: Oberleutnant zur See
01.04.1942: Kapitänleutnant - RDA 01.04.1942 (-7-)

Career:
00.05.1940-00.09.1940: Beobachter, Küstenfliegersgruppe 506
00.10.1940-00.02.1941: WO, U-97
00.02.1941-00.08.1941: Watch Officer on the school boat U-151
16.10.1941-05.07.1943: Kdt, U-703 : 7 patrols (150 days)
01.09.1943-11.07.1944: Kdt, U-1222 : 1 patrol (87 days)
11.07.1944: U-1222 Type X1C/40 sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 201/P). All 56 on board died.

Successes:
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 18,315 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,870 tons

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• Photo 1:
• Photo: U-1222 under Heinz Bielfeld, 3 days in New England, sunk on approach to France in July 1944 - Eric Wiberg
  
• - 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
  

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