The real U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was lost with all hands on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland.

* Oberleutnant zur See-9 April 1900

On 19 October 1939 Oberleutnant zur See Wohlfarth took command of.

* Oberleutnant zur See on 1 June 1938

* Oberleutnant zur see ( sub-lieutenant )-1 June 1936

His son, Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang von Tirpitz, was taken prisoner of war following the sinking of SMS Mainz in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.

* Von Der Groeben – Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Czycholl ( R-Boat-Tender )

** Knight's Cross on 17 December 1942 as Oberleutnant zur See zur Verwendung and commander of U-515

The German Navy (" Marine ") equivalent is Oberleutnant zur See.

To differentiate between the other services, the naval rank is typically listed as Oberleutnant zur See.

Germany was the first nation to experiment with submarine aircraft carriers, inspired by the Imperial German Naval Air Service commander Oberleutnant zur See Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière.

In May 1937, with a rank of Oberleutnant zur See, Schultze transferred to the U-boat force, taking command of the Type IIA U-boat on 31 January 1938.

When World War II started, Lassen was an Oberleutnant zur See and serving as I. Wach-Offizier ( 1st Watch Officer ) on under Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart.

** Knight's Cross on 10 August 1942 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U-160

Von Müller was promoted to Oberleutnant zur See, and posted to the gunboat Schwalbe.

In February 1937 he transferred to the U-boat arm and was promoted to Oberleutnant zur See ( Lieutenant grade ) on 1 June 1938.

His Leitender Ingenieur ( chief engineer ) Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wiebe was decorated in 1944 when he was chief engineer of.

Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Schonder, 1st Watch Officer on U-9 between January and April 1940, received the award in 1942 by which time he had become commander of.

The first German raiding party to enter the fort was led by Leutnant Eugen Radtke, Hauptmann Hans Joachim Haupt and Oberleutnant Cordt von Brandis ( after the war, a certain Feldwebel Kunze claimed to have been first to enter Fort Douaumont but this was never confirmed officially ).

After service in Poland, Karl participates in Operation Barbarossa, shortly after which he is commissioned as a leutnant and later receives a further promotion to Oberleutnant.

In June 1940, ten months after the outbreak of the Second World War, Jakobs was drafted into the Wehrmacht as an Oberleutnant.

Schulz was promoted to Oberleutnant, although he would be shot down and killed after 51 claims on 17 June.

We follow Oberleutnant August Bach returning from leave in Altgarten to his duties at a Freya radar installation on the remote Dutch coast looking out towards England.

* Germany: Oberleutnant

* August 9 – Flying a Dornier Do 215B-5 night fighter, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker achieves Germanys first aerial victory employing airborne radar, using a Lichtenstein radar to detect and close with a British Vickers Wellington bomber participating in a raid on Hamburg, Germany, before shooting down the Wellington.

Oberleutnant is a junior officer rank in the militaries of Germany, Czechloslovakia, Switzerland and Austria.

From early 1914 to 9 February 1919 Udo von Woyrsch served with the Germany Army as an Oberleutnant ( first lieutenant ) in the Great War.

Toward the end of the war, from December 1944 onwards, he served as an Oberleutnant in the Flakartillery on the Western Front.

Oberleutnant Stefan Herdt was German Representative in Sark from July 4, 1940 to 1942, and commander of the German garrison.

Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of 4 ./ NJG 2 decided to experiment with upward firing guns in 1941 and began trying out upward-firing installations amidst scepticism from his superiors and fellow pilots.

They were fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Schnabel from 1 / JG3 Jagdstaffell and Heinkel bomber pilot Oberleutnant Harry Wappler from KG27.

He was discharged from the German Army in 1941 with the rank of 1st Lieutenant ( Oberleutnant ).

Jasta 11's first commander was First Lieutenant ( Oberleutnant ) Rudolf Lang, from its mobilization at Brayelles, until 14 January 1917.

Oberleutnant Erich Rüdiger von Wedel was the last Staffelführer, from September 1918 until the end of the war.

He took over early from Oberleutnant Lehr, a young and easygoing officer who was drafted to the front lines, and was appalled at the lack of discipline among the security forces.

One noteworthy wartime incident was the story of Oberleutnant Arnim Faber, Adjutant of III fighter Gruppe of JG2 who, on the 23rd of June 1942 had engaged Spitfires over the south coast of Britain and on heading towards Exeter, mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel.

Luftwaffe records indicate that the Ju 88 maritime fighters were operating beyond their normal patrol area to intercept and shoot down the aircraft. Bloody Biscay: The Story of the Luftwaffe's Only Long Range Maritime Fighter Unit, V Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 40, and Its Adversaries 1942 – 1944 ( Chris Goss, 2001 ) quotes First Oberleutnant Herbert Hintze, Staffel Führer of 14 Staffeln and based in Bordeaux, that his Staffel shot down the DC-3 because it was recognised as an enemy aircraft, unaware that it was an unarmed civilian airliner.

* Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert, piloting a Messerschmitt Bf 110 night fighter, uses Schräge Musik (" Jazz Music ") – automatic cannon mounted to fire obliquely upward and forward – to shoot down an enemy bomber for the first time.

* September 15 – Flying a Fokker Dr. I, German ace Oberleutnant Kurt Wolff is shot down and killed in a dogfight with Royal Flying Corps Sopwith Camels north of Wervicq, Belgium.

The film chronicles the true exploits of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, a Luftwaffe pilot shot down over England in 1940.

Chapman was inducted into the German Army as an Oberleutnant or First Lieutenant.

He was promoted to senior lieutenant ( Oberleutnant ) in April 1915.

During the First World War he served in Galicia, Serbia and Bosnia and in 1915 he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant ( Oberleutnant ).

The pilot, Oberleutnant Martin Piscke was later interred in Troqueer Cemetery in Dumfries town, with full military honours.

Their Messerschmitt Me 262 was adapted to the role and Oberleutnant Kurt Welter claimed 25 Mosquitos at night.

Bäke showed promise as a Panzer leader during the campaign and on 1 November 1939 was promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve Lieutenant and appointed company commander.

Ludwig held the rank of Oberleutnant ; he was wounded at the Battle of Helmstedt, taking a bullet in his thigh.

In 1908, he was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.

Werner Karl von Haeften ( 9 October 1908 – 21 July 1944 ) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot.

Shortly thereafter he was transferred as an Oberleutnant to a hussar regiment and in the following years participated in many lengthy manoeuvres.

He was soon promoted to Oberleutnant and was transferred to Infantry Regiment # 72 in 1893.

Oberleutnant von Werra was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 14 December 1940.

Born in Ludwigsburg, he joined the German Army in 1903 and was commissioned as Leutnant, later promoted to Oberleutnant.

As a First Lieutenant ( Oberleutnant ) in 1911, he was appointed to the General Staff.

During World War II, the Waffen-SS equivalent of Oberleutnant was known as Obersturmführer.