Werner Henke was the commander of U-515 in the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II. U-515 was sunk by the US task group 22.3, commanded by Daniel V. Gallery on 9 April 1944 and Henke was captured along with about 40 of his crew. He was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the POW interrogation center in Fort Hunt, Virginia in the United States.
Werner Henke
Werner Henke's grave at Fort Meade, MD, decorated for Volkstrauertag 2008
German submarine U-515 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.
She was commissioned on 21 February 1942 and sunk on 9 April 1944. U-515 completed seven operational patrols and sank 23 ships, badly damaged two ships which later sank, and damaged two additional ships.
U-515 afire and sinking on 9 April 1944
U-515 sinking