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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
I would H. Lehmann-Willenbrock but I know my opinion of him is mostly a result of his semi-fictional portrayal in Das Boot so it really doesn't count.
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Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Captain of U-96, sailing out of Kiel for his first patrol on the 5th. of December that year, Heinrich sank five ships, and put a torpedo into the British 10,746 ton ship Pendrecht. On the following patrol, over two days, the 16th. and 17th. of January in 1941,
U-96 sank two British ships, Oropesa and Almeda Star, both of whom were 14,000 ton vessels. All up, this Captain, and his command, sank 25 ships with a total tonnage of 183,253 tons.
He was certainly considered an Ace
