1940, he served as naval commandant in Danzig until he was sent to the Low Countries as naval commandant for Belgium and the Netherlands. Promoted to Konteradmiral Arnauld de la Perière was made naval commandant in Brittany and later for the entire western French seacoast. He was promoted to Vizeadmiral on 1 February 1941. Transferred to take up command of Navy Group South, he was killed when his plane crashed on takeoff near Le Bourget Airport. He is buried in Berlin at the Invalidenfriedhof. Awards Pour le Mérite (11 October 1916) Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd classes Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords Order of the Crown, 4th class U-boat War Badge (1918) Service Award Cross Hanseatic Cross Hamburg Knight's Cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Leopold with war decoration Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary) Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary) Silver Liakat Medal with swords Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire) Notes External links The U-Boat ACE of ACES by William H. Langenberg, Sea Classics, May 2004 on findarticles.com Raiders of the Deep, by Lowell Thomas (Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, NY, 1929). Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. Erfolgreichster U-Bootkommandant der Seekriegsgeschichte – ein vergessener „Kriegsheld“?, by Clemens Bogedain (Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2016) (ger). Arnauld de la Perière, sous-marinier du Kaiser on www.histomar.net (fr) The Enchanted Circle World War I U-boat video at the Imperial War Museum of a patrol by Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière on . This depicts the finishing off of ships whose crews have been allowed to abandon them, in accordance with rules that Germany followed early in the war. The dynamiting team, deck gun, and one torpedo attack are shown. In six parts, silent with German caption slides. 1886 births 1941 deaths German people of French descent Military personnel from Poznań U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy) Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine People from the Province of Posen Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Silver Liakat Medal Burials at the Invalids' Cemetery 20th-century Freikorps personnel Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I