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Willi Lechtenborger

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1934–43

Name
  
Willi Lechtenborger

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Unit
  
U-60 U-201 U-847

Died
  
27 August 1943 (1943-08-28) (aged 29) Sargasso Sea 28°19′N 37°58′W / 28.317°N 37.967°W / 28.317; -37.967

Rank
  
Kapitanleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves (posthumous)

Dipl.-Ing. Willi Lechtenborger (2 February 1914 in Bottrop – 27 August 1943 in the Sargasso Sea) was a German chief engineer (Leitender Ingenieur - LI) on a U-boat in World War II and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Willi Lechtenborger 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)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 September 1940)
  • 1st Class (21 May 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 30 September 1942 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves on U-201 in the 1st U-boat Flotilla
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1943 (posthumous) as Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves and chief engineer on U-847

    • References

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