serviceyears branch commands placeofburial_coordinates death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1935 -- 43 nazi germany u-58 1939 2 u-77 1940 2 u-200 2 58 u-200 -lrb- u-boat -rrb- 15 n 25 25 w type : event atlantic ocean 24 june 1943 erfurt nazi germany schleswig-holstein 2 2 torpedo boat '' falke '' u-9 1935 knight 's cross of the iron cross world war ii 23 july 1910 '' korvettenkapitän '' -lrb- posthumous -rrb- heinrich schonder
 heinrich schonder
heinrich schonder

heinrich schonder -lrb- 23 july 1910 -- 28 june 1943 -rrb- was a german u-boat commander in world war ii and recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
`` 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 .
