Wolfgang Kaden

Military Person

1899 – 1942

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Who was Wolfgang Kaden?

Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves Wolfgang Kaden was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. He 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 near Hammerfest when his submarine chaser U-Jäger 1110 ran into a naval mine.

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Born
Dec 5, 1899
Leipzig
Died
Jul 9, 1942
Hammerfest

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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