| Born | 21 Feb, 1917 | Fürstenwalde, Lebus |
| Died | 5 Jun, 1943 | Central North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-23 | 1 Oct, 1940 | - | 20 Mar, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-217 | 31 Jan, 1942 | - | 5 Jun, 1943 (+) | 3 patrols (235 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-217 | 14 Jul, 1942 | Kiel | 16 Oct, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 95 days |
| 2. | U-217 | 24 Nov, 1942 | Brest | 23 Feb, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 92 days |
| 3. | U-217 | 19 Apr, 1943 | Brest | 5 Jun, 1943 | Patrol, | 48 days | |
| 3 patrols, 235 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 19 Aug, 1942 | U-217 | Sea Gull D. | 75 |  | br | ||
| 14 Dec, 1942 | U-217 | Etna | 2.619 |  | sw | ||
| 3 Feb, 1943 | U-217 | Rhexenor | 7.957 | | br | ||
| 10.651 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.