Medals
13AUG43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS(Posthumous)
U-Bootwaffe Postings
15AUG42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
03MAY43 10th Flotilla
U-Boat Commands
03MAY43 U-533, Type IXC/40
Details of Loss
U-533 was lost on her first war patrol. She was sunk on Friday the 13th of August, 1943, by aircraft somewhere in quadrant CG1.
Summary
1 war patrol, 8 sea days
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