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Cranston Fine Arts  Clipped Veteran Signatures  U-Boats |
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Clipped Signature - Karl-August Landfermann. An engineering officer on U-Boats, on U-181 he made a patrol of 206 days - the second longest patrol in U-Boat history, receiving his Knight's Cross soon afterwards. He died in 2003. |
Clipped Signature - Klaus Scholtz. U-Boat Captain. |
Clipped Signature - Georg-Wilhelm Schulz. U-Boat Captain. |
Clipped Signature - Hans-Gunther Lange. U-Boat Captain. |
Clipped Signature - Thilo Bode. U-Boat Captain. |
Clipped Signature - Helmut Witte. Joined the Kriegsmarine in 1934 and served on Koln and destroyer Z-22 before transferring to submarines in 1940. Joined U-107 before taking command of U-159 for four patrols. He died in 2005. |
Clipped Signature - Rudolf Muhlbauer. Serving on U-Boats U-123 and U-170, he was considered the most outstanding bridge watch look-outs of the war, receiving his Knight's Cross in 1944. He was taken prisoner in England at the end of World War Two. He died in 2000. |
Clipped Signature - Peter Cremer. A U-Boat commander who sunk 6 ships. He died in 1992. |
Clipped Signature - Heinrich Schroeteler. U-Boat Captain. |
Clipped Signature - Kurt Baberg. Knight's Cross winning U-Boat commander - commander of U-618. Sunk 3 ships of a total 15,788 tons on 12 patrols. |
Clipped Signature - Paul Brasack. A U-Boat commander in command of U-737 from 1942 to 1944. Re-joined the post war German Navy after Allied captivity and retired in 1974. Awarded the Knight's Cross, he died in 2013. |
Clipped Signature - Otto Kretschmer. Otto Kretschmer was born in May 1912, joining the navy in 1930, and transferring to u-boats in 1936. He was the Watch Officer aboard U-35 from 3rd November 1936 to 30th July 1937. He briefly took command of U-35 after the death of the Captain, Hermann Michahelles, assuming command until 15th August 1937, after which he was Watch Officer once again until 30th September 1937. During this time, U-35 was involved in the Spanish Civil WarHe was in command of U-23 at the outbreak of war in 1939, and had successful patrols with U-23 which included the sinking of HMS Daring, before taking command of U-99 in April 1940. In March 1941, Kretschmer was captured after scuttling U-99 due to damage suffered from depth charges from British destroyer HMS Walker. After his capture, Kretschmer was imprisoned until December 1947. Despite his capture early in the war, Kretschmers total tonnage sunk of over 273 thousand tons was enough to make him the top scoring u-boat Ace of the war. Kretschmer was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Otto Kretschmer died 5th August 1998. |
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