Deaths: German U-boat Commander

HANS-GUNTHER LANGE   (1916-April 3, 2014)

German U-boat officer and Kapitanlieutenant with Kriegsmarine during World War II.  Received Knight's Cross of Iron Cross with the Oak Leaf.

On the U-431 from December 15, 1941 to June 30, 1942 and was on three war patrols in the Mediterranean.  The U-711 was under his command 17 Feb 1945 when it sank the HMS Bluebell.

The U-711 was damaged during Operation Judgement and sunk.  The wreck of it was located in 2007.