Date of birth:

September 27th, 1910 (Hamburg, Germany)

Date of death:

April 12th, 1992 (Kreiling/Munich, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant "U 596"

Awarded on:

April 30th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 05.05.1943) describes why Jahn received the Knight’s Cross…

“Kapitänleutnant Jahn has so far sunk 8 freighters and 1 tanker (with 51730 GRT) as a U-Boat captain. He has also sunk a ‘Bridgewater’-class escort ship and torpedoed a further 3 freighters (with 15000 GRT).”

• Photo 1: Russ Nummer
• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 122)