Date of birth:

December 17th, 1916

Date of death:

October 4th, 1943 (Açores Islands, North Atlantic)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

U 14
U 109 : all first 5 war patrols
U 460 : 6 war patrols
00.03.1942: promoted to Oberbootsmannsmaat
04.10.1943: Bootsmann, KIA when U-460 was sunk North of the Açores Islands in North Atlantic in position 43°18' North - 28°58' West after an air attack conducted by a Grumman TBF Avenger flown by R.L. Stearns and two Grumman F4F Wildcat flown by E.S. Heim and D.O. Puckett - remaining crew : 62 KIA and 2 survivors rescued by U-264

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