Date of birth:

March 13th, 1916 (Bremen, Germany)

Date of death:

November 12th, 1943 (SW of La Rochelle, France)

Buried on:

German Submarines Memorial

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Crew of 1935

05.04.1935: Offiziersanwärter
25.09.1935: Seekadett
01.07.1936: Fähnrich zur See - light cruiser 'Karlsruhe'
01.01.1938: Oberfähnrich zur See - battle cruiser 'Gneisenau'
01.04.1938: promoted to Leutnant zur See
00.04.1939: transferred to the U-Boot Waffe
00.08.1939-00.10.1939: WO, U-5
01.10.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant zur See
00.01.1940-00.11.1940: 1. WO, U-A
08.04.1941-05.10.1941: Kdr, U-80 : no war patrols
20.10.1941-12.11.1943: Kdr, U-508 : 6 patrols (294 days)
01.04.1942: promoted to Kapitänleutnant
12.11.1943: KIA with the entire crew of U-508 when the boat was sunk n the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain by bombs from an American B-24 Liberator aircraft
Sunk a total of 14 ships with 74,087 GRT.

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