Awards

• Pilotenabzeichen (30 July 1935)
• Combined Pilots-Observation Badge
  Combined Pilots-Observation Badge
  Combined Pilots-Observation Badge was a German military award instituted on 26 March 1936 by the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring to commemorate soldiers or servicemen who had already been awarded the Pilot's badge or Observer badge...
  
   (21 November 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  The Wehrmacht Long Service Award was a military service decoration of Nazi Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a given years of military service...
  
   4th Class (2 October 1936)
• Sudetenland Medal
  Sudetenland Medal
  The The Sudetenland Commemorative Medal was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded in the interwar period.-Description:...
  
   (20 August 1939)
• Iron Cross
  Iron Cross
  The Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....
  
   (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (25 October 1940)
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  The Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe was awarded in Bronze, Silver, and Gold with upgrade possible to include diamonds. Pennants suspended from the clasp indicated the number of missions obtained in a given type of aircraft...
  
   for Combat Flyers
  • in Silver (15 March 1941)
  • in Gold (15 July 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
  
   on 21 January 1945 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U-870
• U-boat War Badge
  U-boat War Badge
  The U-Boat War Badge was a German war badge that was awarded to U-boat crew members during World War I and World War II.-History:The U-boat War Badge was originally instituted during the First World War on February 1, 1918. It was awarded to recognize U-boat crews who had completed three war patrols...
  
   (1939) (27 February 1945)
• U-boat Front Clasp
  U-boat Front Clasp
  The U-boat Front Clasp or U-boat Combat Clasp, as it is better known, was a German badge that was awarded to holders of the U-boat War Badge to recognize continued combat service and valor during World War II.-History:...
  
   in Bronze (27 February 1945)

Ships attacked

Date	U-boat	Name of Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate
20 December 1944	U-870	USS Fogg (DE-57) USS Fogg (DE-57) USS Fogg , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Carleton Thayer Fogg , who was killed in action while serving aboard the aircraft carrier during the initial attack Kwajalein, 1 February 1942....	American	1,400	damaged at 43°02′N 19°19′W
20 December 1944	U-870	USS LST-359	American	1,188	sunk at 42°04′N 19°08′W
3 January 1945	U-870	Henry Miller	American	7,207	sunk at 35°51′N 06°24′W
9 January 1945	U-870	FFL L´Enjoue (W 44)	French	335	sunk at 35°56′N 05°49′W
10 January 1945	U-870	Blackheath	British	4,637	sunk at 35°49′N 06°03′W

External links

• uboat.net
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht