Date of birth:

August 8th, 1914 (Bahnhof Gleschendorf, Pönitz, Lübeck)

Date of death:

April 5th, 1976 (Hamburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Awarded on:

November 26th, 1939

Period:

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Rank:

Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)

Awarded on:

November 26th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Awarded on:

November 27th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Unit:

U-559, 1. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

September 23rd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

U-559, 29. Unterseebootsflottille, Kriegsmarin

Awarded on:

April 12th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 16.04.1943) describes why Heidtmann received the Knight’s Cross…

“Kapitänleutnant Heidtmann sunk 6 enemy merchant ships (with 34000 GRT) and 2 destroyers in the Mediterranean. On his most recent war patrol he and part of his crew went into English captivity.”

• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
  - Kapitänleutnant Hans Heidtmann - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 105).

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