SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - D.I.D. Kapitanleutnant Egon Schultz (15 Aug

Medals
23DEC39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
30JAN40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

Badges
NIL
U-Bootwaffe Postings
26JUN38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
13NOV39 2nd Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
06NOV39 U-53, Type VIIB (3 patrols)

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Summary
3 war patrols, 25 days at sea
6 ships sunk, 23,668 tons

Kapitänleutnant Egon Schultz and U-53 surrendered to the Allies on 30JAN40. Egon Schultz was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. Egon Schultz died on 26 December 1997

Extract of interrogation of Schultz: All of a sudden there was this Flower corvette within touchable distance, out of nowhere. The watch crew must have been asleep. I should never had taken the Canal to save time.

BdU Death Notice HERE.