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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Heinrich Schonder

Years of service
  
1935–43

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Born
  
23 July 1910 Erfurt (
1910-07-23
)

Buried at
  
(58°15′N 25°25′W / 58.250°N 25.417°W / 58.250; -25.417 (U-200 (U-boat)))

Rank
  
Korvettenkapitan (posthumous)

Unit
  
Schleswig-Holstein torpedo boat Falke U-9

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of the Atlantic

Died
  
June 24, 1943, Atlantic Ocean

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of the Atlantic, World War II

Commands held
  
German submarine U-58, German submarine U-77, German submarine U-200

Heinrich Schonder (23 July 1910 – 28 June 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

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U-200 was sunk by two depth charges on her first patrol with all hands lost on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic southwest of Iceland by a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber of No. 120 Squadron.

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (23 July 1940)
  • Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (25 March 1942)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (1 December 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 August 1942 as Kapitanleutnant and commander of U-77
  • Ships attacked

    During his career Heinrich Schonder sank 14 merchant ships for 28,333 GRT, sank one warship of 1,050 GRT, damaged one merchant ship of 155 GRT and one warship of 1,690 GRT.

    References

    Heinrich Schonder Wikipedia