Date of birth:

July 23rd, 1910 (Erfurt, Germany)

Date of death:

June 28th, 1943 (Atlantic Ocean, Southwest of Iceland)

Nationality:

German

Died on 28th June 1943 as Kommandant "U 200". Was posthumously promoted to Korvettenkapitän.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 25th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant, U 77, 29. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

August 19th, 1942

Awarded for sinking 15 ships (with 29368 GRT) that included the British destroyer HMS Grove, as well as damaging a further 2 ships (with 1845 GRT) of which one was another British destroyer.

• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9