Willi Lechtenbörger
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Willi Lechtenbörger was chief engineer under the command of Adalbert Schnee on board of U-60 and U-201. He and the entire crew of U-847 under the command of Herbert Kuppisch were killed by aircraft from the US escort carrier USS Card on 27 August 1943.
Awards
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (10 September 1940)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 30 September 1942 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves on U-201 in the 1st U-boat Flotilla[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1943 (posthumous) as Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves and chief engineer on U-847[3]
Notes
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