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Obituary from news paper, Leut. Zur See, KONRAD JOSEF BALTES 20, Awards EK 2 and Kriegsmarine U BOAT combat badge, no death date, comes with 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 photo two officers and two crew cleaning fish or vegetables on deck of u boat, only history l have is from original owner who stated that BALTES was on U 192, VG ++
U 192;
Sunk on 6 May 1943 in the North Atlantic south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 53.06N, 45.02W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Loosestrife. 55 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, October 1991).
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Leutnant zur See auf U-Boot 192

U 192 wurde am 06.05.1943 im Nordatlantik südlich von Kap Farewell durch Wasserbomben der britischen Korvette HMS LOOSETRIEFE (K.105) versenkt. Das Boot befand sich am Geleitzug ONS-5. Die Kriegsschiffe gehörten zur Escort Group B-7, die den Geleitzug sicherten.
Konrad Josef Baltes
BIRTH
4 Nov 1922
Cologne, Stadtkreis Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
DEATH
5 May 1943 (aged 20)
MONUMENT
Möltenort U-Boat Memorial
Heikendorf, Kreis Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
MEMORIAL ID
55288655 ·
PHOTO OF KONRAD & DEATH CARD ARE FOR REFERENCE NOT INCLUDED only u boat photo and obituary