Heinz-Otto Schultze
Heinz-Otto Schultze | |
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South Atlantic 06°30′S 05°40′W / 6.500°S 5.667°W | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1934–43 |
Rank | Kapitänleutnant |
Unit | SSS Gorch Fock light cruiser Karlsruhe Schleswig-Holstein U-31 |
Commands held | U-4 U-141 U-432 German submarine U-849 |
Battles/wars | World War II † |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Relations | Otto Schultze (father) |
Heinz-Otto Schultze (13 September 1915 in
Heinz-Otto Schultze was the son of
Schultze joined the
He transferred to the U-boat service on 19 May 1937 and completed the U-boat school. Schultze was first posted on board of U-31 on 30 March 1938, initially serving as a second watch officer. He was made first watch officer on board of U-31 on 6 November 1938 and promoted to Oberleutnant zur See (sub-lieutenant) on 1 April 1939. He received command of his first U-boat, U-4, a school U-boat, on 8 June 1940.[3]
Schultze was ordered to the
U-849 left Kiel on its first war patrol on 2 October 1943 and was sunk by depth charges from a US
Awards
- Dienstauszeichnung 4th Class (1 September 1939)[5]
- Sudetenland Medal (16 September 1939)[5]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (13 September 1939)[5]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-432[6]
Notes
- ^ The German Reichsmarine was renamed to Kriegsmarine on 1 June 1935.
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
- ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Huß, Jürgen; Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939–1945 [The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Bearers of the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1939–1945] (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-79-9.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.