Hellriegel, Hans-Jürgen

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Date of birth:: June 16th, 1917 (Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany)
Date of death:: July 2nd, 1944 (SW of Tenerife, Atlantic Ocean)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Kommandant U-543
Awarded on:: February 3rd, 1944

Awarded for sinking 4 ships (with 11175 GRT), including the Soviet submarine M-94, in addition to damaging a further 2 ships (with 17179 GRT).

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- DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.

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