Apr 20, 2024
Kapitänleutnant Herbert Kuppisch, captain of the U-94. The U-94 made 10 voyages and sank 26 vessels with a total displacement of 141,852 tons, damaged one vessel with a displacement of 8,000 tons. U-94 submarine was sunk on 28 August 1942 in the Caribbean (when Captain Kuppisch was not its commander). Herbert Kuppisch died on 27 August 1943, along with the entire crew of 62 people of the U-847, a long range Type IXD2 U-boat, by by air-launched torpedoes fired from US aircraft operating off the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11)