Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Georg Hartl, who lost his life while serving on U-659. Condition as seen.
Sunk at 0030hrs on 4 May 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 43.32N, 13.20W, in a collision with U-439. 44 dead and 3 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-659.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Anton Haberzett & 2 brothers !!, who lost his life while serving on U-635. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 5 April 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58.20N, 31.52W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (120 Sqn RAF/N). 47 dead (all hands lost) (Source: Read more about U-635.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Willibald Engelbrecht, who lost his life while serving on U-609. Condition as seen.
Sunk at 2204hrs on 6 February 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farwell, in position 54.56N, 28.11W, by depth charges from the Free French corvette Lobelia. 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-609.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Martin Braun, who lost his life while serving on U-578. Condition as seen.
Missing since 6 August 1942 in the Bay of Biscay. No explanation exists for its loss. 49 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-578.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Otto Lehr, who lost his life while serving on U-567. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 21 December 1941 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44.02N, 20.10W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford. 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-567.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Schillinger, who lost his life while serving on U-520. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 30 October 1942 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 47.47N, 49.50W, by depth charges from a Canadian Digby aircraft 747 (10 Sqn RCAF/Z). 53 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-520.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Georg Falter, who lost his life while serving on U-513. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 19 July 1943 in the South Atlantic south-east of São Francisco do Sul, Brazil, in position 27.17S, 47.32W, by depth charges from a US Mariner aircraft (VP-74 USN/P-3). 46 dead and 7 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-513.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Blaha, who lost his life while serving on U-468. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 11 August 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Bathurst, in position 12.20N, 20.07W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (200 Sqn RAF/D). 44 dead and 7 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-468.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Hans Hobelsberger, who lost his life while serving on U-460. Condition as seen.
Sunk 4 Oct 1943 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43.18N, 28.58W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card. 62 dead and 2 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-460.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Anton Bergbauer, who lost his life while serving on U-460. Condition as seen.
Sunk 4 Oct 1943 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43.18N, 28.58W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card. 62 dead and 2 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-460.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Georg Fürsattel, who lost his life while serving on U-444. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 11 March 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 51.14N, 29.18W, by ramming and depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Harvester and the Free French corvette Aconit. 41 dead and 4 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-444.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Hans Vogl, who lost his life while serving on U-440. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 31 May 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.38N, 13.04W, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (201 Sqn RAF/R). 46 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-440.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Fuchshuber, who lost his life while serving on U-426. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 8 January 1944 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.47N, 10.42W, by depth charges from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (10 Sqn RAAF/U) (Source: Read more about U-426.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Johann "Hans" Stuck, who lost his life while serving on U-418. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 30 May 1943 in the Bay of Biscay south-west of Brest, France, in position 47.00N, 14.00W, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (210 Sqn RAF/G). 48 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-418.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Leopold Gieringer, who lost his life while serving on U-409. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 12 July 1943 in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Algiers, in position 37.12N, 04.00E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Inconstant. 11 dead and 37 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-409.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Karl Huf, who lost his life while serving on U-384. Condition as seen.
Sunk at 1745hrs on 19 March 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 54.18N, 26.15W, by depth charges from a British Fortress aircraft (206 Sqn RAF/B). 47 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-384.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Albrecht Hüttling, who lost his life while serving on U-374. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 12 January 1942 in the Mediterranean Sea south-west of Cape Spartivento, in position 37.50N, 16.00E, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Unbeaten. 42 dead and 1 survivor.. (Source: Read more about U-374.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Alexander Buchberger, who lost his life while serving on U-364. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 29 January 1944 in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, in position 45.33N, 06.05W, by depth charges from a British Halifax aircraft (502 Sqn RAF/U). 49 dead (all hands lost)... (Source: Read more about U-364.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Jakob Schmutzer, who lost his life while serving on U-359. Condition as seen.
U-359 left St. Nazaire for the last time on 29 June 1943. On 26 July, she was sunk by depth charges dropped from a US Navy PBM Mariner aircraft in the Caribbean off Santo Domingo, Haiti. 47 men died; there were no survivors. (Source: Read more about U-359.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Karl Aigner, who lost his life while serving on U-359. Condition as seen.
U-359 left St. Nazaire for the last time on 29 June 1943. On 26 July, she was sunk by depth charges dropped from a US Navy PBM Mariner aircraft in the Caribbean off Santo Domingo, Haiti. 47 men died; there were no survivors. (Source: Read more about U-359.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Georg Lindinger, who lost his life while serving on U-338. Condition as seen.
The U-boat was lost on 20 September during an attack on Convoy ON 202. After being spotted by a B-24 Liberator patrol aircraft, the Canadian corvette HMCS Drumheller approached at speed firing her 4-inch gun. The U-boat dived, and was located by Drumheller's ASDIC (sonar). As the corvette prepared to attack with depth charges she observed a large underwater explosion. No further contact with U-338 was made, and it is assumed that she was destroyed as a result of damage caused by Drumheller's shell fire. (Source: Read more about U-338.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Oskar Wieder, who lost his life while serving on U-336. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 5 October 1943 in the Denmark Strait south-west of Iceland, in position 62.43N, 27.17W, by rockets from a British Hudson aircraft (269 Sqn RAF/F). 50 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-336.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Schneider, who lost his life while serving on U-332. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 29 April 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 45.08N, 09.33W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/D). 45 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-332.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Heinrich Jerzenbeck, who lost his life while serving on U-254. Condition as seen.
Sank on 8 December 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, in position 58.45N, 33.02W, after a collision with U-221. 41 dead and 4 survivors.. (Source: Read more about U-254.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Sepp Grundl, who lost his life while serving on U-226. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44.49N, 41.13W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, HMS Woodcock and HMS Kite. 51 dead (all hands lost). (Read more about U-226.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Ferdinand Popijal, who lost his life while serving on U-215. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 3 July 1942 in the North Atlantic east of Boston, in position 41.48N, 66.38W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Le Tiger. 48 dead (all hands lost).. (Read more about U-215.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Heinrich Lutz, who lost his life while serving on U-194. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 59.00N, 26.18W, by a Fido homing torpedo from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-84 USN/G). 54 dead (all hands lost). (Read more about U-194.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Xaver Ehrensperger, who lost his life while serving on U-189. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 23 April 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 59.50N, 34.43W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (120 Sqn RAF/V). 54 dead (all hands lost).. (Read more about U-189.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Alois Bachfischer, who lost his life while serving with U-185. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 24 August 1943 in the North Atlantic west of the Canary Islands, in position 27.00N, 37.06W, by depth charges from an Avenger aircraft (VC-13 USN/T-5), assisted by two Wildcat aircraft (VC-13 USN), of the US escort carrier USS Core. 29 dead and 22 survivors.. (Source: Read more about U-185.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Heinrich Tenhumberg, who lost his life while serving with U-173. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 16 November 1942 in the North Atlantic west of Casablanca, in position 33.40N, 07.35W, by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Woolsey, USS Swanson and USS Quick. 57 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-173.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Rudolf Braun, who lost his life while serving with U-74. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 2 May 1942 in the Mediterranean east-southeast of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37.12N, 00.01E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Wishart and HMS Wrestler. 47 dead (all hands lost)... (Source: Read more about U-74.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Karl Huber and his brother Michael Huber, who lost his life while serving with U-174. Good condition.
Sunk on 27 April 1943 in the North Atlantic south of Newfoundland, in position 43.35N, 56.18W, by depth charges from a US Ventura aircraft (VP-125 USN/B-6). 53 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-174.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Gustl Wittmann who lost his life while serving with U-375. Good condition.
Missing since 25 July 1943 in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily. There is no explanation for its loss. 46 dead (all hands lost).(Source: Read more about U-375.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Christoph Kubitza who lost his life while serving with U-266. Good condition.
Sunk on 15 May 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Spain, in position 45.28N, 10.20W, by depth charges from a British Halifax aircraft (58 Sqn RAF/M). 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-266.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Anton Feldwebel who lost his life while serving with U-3523. Good condition.
U-3523 was sunk by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator of 86 Squadron/G RAF about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Skagen Horn, in the Skagerrak on 6 May 1945. All 58 crewmen were lost. (Source: Read more about U-3520.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Rudolf Singer who lost his life while serving with U-3520. Good condition.
U-3520 was sunk by mines on 31 January 1945, northeast of Bülk, in the Baltic Sea. None of the crew of 85 survived. (Source: Read more about U-3520.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Richard Donhauser who lost his life while serving with U-222. Good condition.
Sank on 2 September 1942 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 54.25N, 19.30E, after a collision with U-626. 42 dead and 3 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-222.)
Original death card ("Sterbebild") of Kommisär d. Landespolizei Andreas Müller. Interestingly, he died in 1951 but still with wartime photo on the card.
Original death card of Obergefreiter Franz Grillmeier, who was Killed in Action on December 1, 1942 while serving with Panzer-Abteilung 301 "Funklenk"!
The Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301 was formed on 9 September 1942 by the redesignation of Panzer-Abteilung (FL) 300. It was transferred to Heeresgruppe Nord where it remained until December when it withdrew for refitting. It later saw action at Kursk. In January 1944 it was sent to Italy. After leaving France in August 1944 it was ordered to reorganize with Tiger I tanks, it was issues a total of 31 rebuilt Tiger I tanks, including 10 from schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103. It took part in the Ardennes offensive. On 16 April it had withdrawn to Sprockhövel where it blew up its last three Tiger tanks.
The "(Fkl)" in the name was for "Funklenk", a reference to the radio-controlled demolition vehicles used. (Source: Axishistory)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Fliegeringenieur Hans Unterkircher, who died on May 1, 1943 while serving with Feldwerftleitstelle Eschwege. Top photo (real photo pasted on card). Condition as seen.