Английская Википедия:Hans-Werner Kraus
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Hans-Werner Kraus (1 July 1915 – 25 May 1990) was a German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Kraus served as 1st watch officer on Шаблон:GS from January 1940 until November 1940 having replaced Engelbert Endrass. He later commanded Шаблон:GS and Шаблон:GS.
He was on board the latter when it was attacked by Brazilian Air Force aircraft on 27 June 1943. Kraus evaded only to be targeted by a VP-74 Mariner (BuNo 6571) piloted by Lt. Harold C. Carey. The German crew shot it down and the crew were killed.[1]
Kraus was sunk by aircraft off the coast of Brazil on 31 July 1943. Captured, he was sent as a POW to the United States. Kraus was one of the 25 POWs who escaped from Camp Papago Park, Arizona, during the night of 23–24 December 1944 but was recaptured.
Summary of career
Ships attacked
Date | U-boat | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate |
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12 October 1941 | Шаблон:GS | Eagle | Шаблон:Flag | 2,044 | damaged[2] |
12 October 1941 | Шаблон:GS | Corte Real | Шаблон:Flag | 2,044 | Sunk[3] |
20 October 1941 | Шаблон:GS | Indra | Шаблон:Flag | 2,032 | Sunk[4] |
26 October 1941 | Шаблон:GS | HMS Anguani | Шаблон:Navy | 6,746 | Damaged |
17 March 1942 | Шаблон:GS | Crista | Шаблон:Flag | 2,590 | Damaged |
8 June 1942 | Шаблон:GS | Esther * | Шаблон:Flag | 100 | Sunk |
8 June 1942 | Шаблон:GS | Said | Шаблон:Flag | 231 | Sunk |
9 June 1942 | Шаблон:GS | Typhoon * | Шаблон:Flag | 175 | Sunk |
13 June 1942 | Шаблон:GS | HMS Farouk | Шаблон:Navy | 96 | Sunk[5] |
17 August 1942 | Шаблон:GS | Princess Marguerite | Шаблон:Flag | 5,875 | Sunk[6] |
27 June 1943 | Шаблон:GS | Charles Wilson Peale | Шаблон:Flag | 7,176 | damaged[7] |
4 July 1943 | Шаблон:GS | Changri-Lá | Шаблон:Flag | 20 | Sunk |
24 July 1943 | Шаблон:GS | Henzada | Шаблон:Flag | 4,161 | Sunk[8] |
* Sailing vessel |
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class[9]
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (29 April 1940)[9]
- Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (18 March 1942)[9]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 June 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-83[10][11]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 22 March 1942
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- Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, 1. Januar 1942 bis 31. Dezember 1943. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 1985. Шаблон:ISBN.
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- Английская Википедия
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