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Ditzer, Helmut (U-155)

Date of birth:
December 15th, 1919 (Wiesdorf)
Date of death:
September 27th, 1945 (Lazarett, Bremen-Oberneuland)
Buried on:
German Submarines Memorial
Service number:
UN.1179/38.T.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

04.04.1939-22.01.1940: "Lützow"
16.02.1940-23.11.1940: U-3
15.06.1941-23.06.1941: U-97
24.06.1941-22.08.1941: Baubelehrung, U 155
23.08.1941-23.01.1945: U-155
24.01.1945: accident HKS in Daressalam
27.09.1945: DOW in the Marinelazarett in Bremen

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obermachinenmaat
Unit:
technischer Unteroffizier, U-Boot, "U 155", 10. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:
July 22nd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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