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Hans Witt
Hans-Ludwig Witt (25 December 1909 in Bautzen – 13 February 1980 in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. With nineteen ships sunk for a total of , he was the thirty-second highest scoring U-Boat ace of World War II.
==Career==
Witt joined the ''Reichsmarine'' in 1929, and in October 1940 entered U-boat training, taking command of as part of training flotilla 4th U-boat Flotilla in July 1941. He then took command of as a member of 2nd U-boat Flotilla in May 1942. Witt sailed on three successful combat patrols in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean between May 1942 and July 1943, sinking 19 ships for a total of , including Mexican tankers ''Tuxpam'' and ''Las Choapas''.
Witt spent a year on the BdU staff, before returning to active duty in January 1945 commanding , one of the new Type XXI ''Elektroboote'' that were commissioned under U-boat commanders such as Adalbert Schnee, Peter-Erich Cremer, Carl Emmermann and Erich Topp to try and turn the tide in the Atlantic. However, Witt sailed on no combat patrols and sank no ships in his new U-boat. He died in 1980.
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