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Richter, Herbert (U 196)

Date of birth:
February 9th, 1915
Date of death:
November 30th, 1944
Buried on:
German Submarines Memorial
Nationality:
German

Biography

30.11.1944: U-196 want missing since 1st Dec, 1944 near the Sunda Straits south of Java. She may have had a diving accident. All 65 hands lost.
U-196 under Korvkpt. Kentrat completed from 13 March, 1943 to 23 Oct, 1943 the longest patrol a submarine in WWII ever did (225 days at sea).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obermaschinist
Unit:
U-Boot, "U 196", 33. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:
December 10th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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