Sumpf, Werner ('U-703')
- Date of birth:
- November 8th, 1919
- Date of death:
- October 11th, 1984
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Credited with 4 patrols and 143 combat days
00.00.1942-00.07.1944: served onboard 'U-59' then 'U-703'
00.07.1944-14.05.1945: served on the 'U-244', 11. Unterseeboots-Flottille
17.09.1944: 'U-703' disappeared in the Norwegian Sea, Atlantic
14.05.1945: 'U-244' surrendered to the Allies at Loch Eriboll in Scotland
Later that same day, she was being towed to scuttling grounds as part of Operation Deadlight when the tow parted; the boat was then sunk with gunfire from the Polish destroyer Piorun.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberbootsmannsmaat
- Unit:
- seemännischer Unteroffizier, U-Boot, "U 703", 11. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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