U - 161
Korvettenkapitän Albrecht Achilles ( January 25, 1914 - September 27 1943) naval career began on April 8, 1934. He then served on the training ship Schleswig- Holstein and Gneisenau warships before being transferred to the U - boat in April 1940. Studying for her first as Korvettenkapitän Richard Zapp 's men in the U - 66 and participated in three rounds.
In January 1942 Achilles mengkomandani own ship , a Type IXC submarine U - 161 . He operates mainly in the Caribbean , but also sometimes get into the territorial waters of Brazil, and even Africa . Achilles was killed along with the entire crew of U - 161 when their ship sunk by American Mariner aircraft in September 1943. In his career as commander of the U - boat , drown Achilles recorded 14 vessels ( 64 542 GRT ) and damaged 6 ships ( 41,122 GRT ) . Received medals : Dienstauszeichnung IV . Klasse ( 8 April 1938 ) ; Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse ( August 7, 1941 ) and I.Klasse ( 5 April 1942 ) ; Flotten - Kriegsabzeichen ( July 15, 1941 ) ; U - Bootskriegsabzeichen ( August 7, 1941 ) ; and Knight des eisernen Kreuzes ( January 16, 1943 ) . His name is also mentioned in the issue of March 12, 1943 Wehrmachtsbericht
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www.uboat.net
www.ubootarchive.de
Korvettenkapitän Albrecht Achilles ( January 25, 1914 - September 27 1943) naval career began on April 8, 1934. He then served on the training ship Schleswig- Holstein and Gneisenau warships before being transferred to the U - boat in April 1940. Studying for her first as Korvettenkapitän Richard Zapp 's men in the U - 66 and participated in three rounds.
In January 1942 Achilles mengkomandani own ship , a Type IXC submarine U - 161 . He operates mainly in the Caribbean , but also sometimes get into the territorial waters of Brazil, and even Africa . Achilles was killed along with the entire crew of U - 161 when their ship sunk by American Mariner aircraft in September 1943. In his career as commander of the U - boat , drown Achilles recorded 14 vessels ( 64 542 GRT ) and damaged 6 ships ( 41,122 GRT ) . Received medals : Dienstauszeichnung IV . Klasse ( 8 April 1938 ) ; Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse ( August 7, 1941 ) and I.Klasse ( 5 April 1942 ) ; Flotten - Kriegsabzeichen ( July 15, 1941 ) ; U - Bootskriegsabzeichen ( August 7, 1941 ) ; and Knight des eisernen Kreuzes ( January 16, 1943 ) . His name is also mentioned in the issue of March 12, 1943 Wehrmachtsbericht
sources :
www.forum.axishistory.com
www.uboat.net
www.ubootarchive.de