serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1927 -- 45 1953 -- 66 weimar republic nazi germany ger torpedo 12th u-boat flotilla '' boat '' jaguar '' u-108 1940 2 '' bad schwartau 1 may 1987 magdeburg weimar to 1945 -rrb- west germany republic -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany -lrb- sss torpedo boats '' g-11 '' , '' g-8 '' '' niobe '' cruiser berlin 2 schleswig-holstein 2 knight leaves 's cross of the iron cross with oak world war ii 22 march 1908 '' fregattenkapitän '' '' kapitän zur see '' klaus scholtz.jpg klaus scholtz
 klaus scholtz
klaus scholtz

klaus scholtz -lrb- 22 march 1908 -- 1 may 1987 -rrb- was a `` kapitänleutnant '' with the `` kriegsmarine '' during world war ii .
he commanded the type ixb u-boat , sinking twenty-five ships on eight patrols , for a total of of allied shipping , to become the eighteenth highest scoring u-boat ace of world war ii .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross and its higher grade oak leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
