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Originally Posted by LemonA

I dont know what was behind his death but it looks like he tried to attack one or two lonely destroyers in the middle of the atlantic.
A dumb decision from him which costs him and 40 others their lives.

i just can not imagine Endrass being 'dumb.'

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

According to what I've read Endrass was attacking a convoy, not "one or two lonely destroyers".
He attacked HG-76, sinking one merchant, and was killed while trying to attack the convoy a second time.
http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1231.html

Eric Topp writes a heart felt piece about his great friend Endrass in 'In Memoriam Engelbert Endrass.' Castor mourns Pollux.

this piece with many other excellent essays can be found in Silent Hunters: German U Boat Commanders of World War Two. edited by Theodore P. Savas.