[Steel_Tomb]

Name: SIEGFRIED OTTEN
Date of Birth: 05FEB16
Place of Birth: HAMBORN
Date of Intake: 01APR35 (CREW 35)

Promotions
05DEC35 SEEKADETT
01JUL36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01FEB38 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01AUG38 LEUTNANT Z. S.
26APR40 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
26MAY40 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
16AUG40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
21NOV40 KNIGHT'S CROSS
12FEB41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
11MAR41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS

Badges
21NOV40 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
23DEC38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
08APR40 7th/13th Flotilla (5 patrols)
23SEP40 1st Flotilla (4 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
08APR40 U-253, Type VIIC (9 patrols)

Patrol Dates Ships Sunk
1 08APR40 - 26APR40 (19 days) 6 (3/3) 38022 (11797/26225) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 98.90%)
2 12MAY40 - 26MAY40 (15 days) 2 (2/0) 13758 (13758/0)
3 24JUN40 - 09JUL40 (16 days) 7 (6/1) 32857 (31582/1275)
4 16AUG40 - 16AUG40 (1 days) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0)
5 23SEP40 - 07OCT40 (15 days) 6 (6/0) 34767 (34767/0)
6 08NOV40 - 21NOV40 (14 days) 7 (7/0) 22651 (22651/0)
7 27DEC40 - 10JAN41 (15 days) 4 (4/0) 12141 (12141/0)
8 28JAN41 - 12FEB41 (16 days) 5 (4/1) 32270 (30420/1850) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 82.43%)
9 03MAR41 - 11MAR41 (9 days) 2 (2/0) 9035 (9035/0) U-Boat lost

TOTALS: 9 patrols (120 days) 39 (34/5) 195501 (166151/29350) 0 enemy planes downed
48 crew lost

Summary
Oberleutnant z. S. Siegfried Otten and U-253 were lost sometime on 11MAR41.