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U BOAT 163?
Sterbebild/ Kriegsmarine Matr/Obergef. WILLI HOFFSTETTER(U BOAT?) 22, Awards, EK 2 Afrika Medal, U Boat Badge and other decorations, KIA at sea North Atlantic 13/Mar/1943, U boats sunk on that date U 163

Sunk on 13 March 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 45.05N, 15.00W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Prescott. 57 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, April 1987).