U Boat Ace Wolfgang Kaden Autograph

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RARE AUTOGRAPH Killed early in WW2 Wolfgang Kaden Autograph on paper with newspaper cut picture, nice bold blue ink KADEN 4×6 in.
Wolfgang Kaden is credited with the sinking of at least three submarines including the British submarine HMS H49 on 18 October 1940 off of Texel and the Soviet submarine K-23 commanded by Magomet Gadzhiyev on 12 May 1942 off of Nordkyn.
He was killed in action on 9 July 1942 when his submarine chaser U-Jäger 1110 ran into a naval mine and sunk near Hammerfest.
He was posthumously promoted to Korvettenkapitän der Reserve.