Bidspirit auction | WWII Kapitanleutnant Siegfried Koitschka signed

WWII Kapitanleutnant Siegfried Koitschka signed 6x4 black and white photo. Siegfried Koitschka began his naval career in April 1937. After some months on the cruiser Admiral Hipper and in a training unit he transferred to the U-boat force in June 1940. Six months later he became second watch officer (II WO) on the newly commissioned U-552, the famous ”Red Devil Boat”. He accompanied the U-boat on her first six patrols under the command of Erich Topp. He left U-552, certainly with a lot of combat experience, in December 1941. After the commander training course in the 26th (Training) Flotilla, he became commander of the school boat U-7. But in December of the same year he took command of his own front boat, the type VIIC U-boat U-616. After one patrol in the North Atlantic he managed to break through the Straits of Gibraltar in May 1943. After six patrols in the Mediterranean, where he sank a US destroyer in October 1943 and damaged two ships in May 1944 with a total of more than 17, 000 tons (he claimed more sinkings, but they were not confirmed successes), he left Toulon on 30 April for his last patrol. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.