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Patrol info for U-453

Date lookup for 21 Sep 1942


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
17 Sep 1942Salamis15 Oct 1942La Spezia29 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach
WO

Ltn. Peter Gerlach
WO

Oblt. Hans Vogel
WO

Reinhard Reff

U-453's position on 21 Sep 1942

Ships hit by U-453 on this date

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Men lost from U-boats

13 Oct 1942
One man was killed and three wounded in an accident with the machine gun. [Matrosengefreiter Horst Saupe + on 13th Oct., Steuermannsgefreiter Helmut Lorenz died 2 months later]

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