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GERMAN U BOAT ACE *SCHEPKE* SIGNED PHOTO, A More scarcer autograph of WWII U Boat Ace,s JOACHIM SCHEPKE signed full signature JOACHIM SCHEPKE Blue-black ink nib pen sighnature, good clean autograph, nice photo card..
Joachim Schepke (8 March 1912 – 17 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the seventh recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
After a short stint commanding U-19 and serving in a staff position Schepke received the command of U-100, a Type VIIb boat. After 5 patrols in U-100 she was heavily damaged on 17 March 1941 by depth charges from HMS Walker and Vanoc while executing an attack on Convoy HX-112. U-100 was forced to surface and was detected on radar and consequently rammed by Vanoc. Schepke and 37 crew members perished in the ocean; six crew members were rescued. Schepke was last reported on the bridge of U-100. When Vanoc rammed his boat, he was crushed against his own periscope standards, and he went down with his boat, ww2 u boats