Kapitanleutnant Hartwig Looks
Born-27/6/1917
Cmdr-U264 Awarded 29/3/1944
anybody more info on him
Regards Harmel
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Have a look at:
http://uboat.net/boats/u264.htm
http://www.theworldatwar.com/wolfpack.htm
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/Underwater/22Capt ... alker.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sous.marin/delphin.htm
and more in "Hitler U-Boat warby Clay Blair. band 2, pages 118-9 194 282 291 429 454 and
498: The sloops Starling and Woodpecker sank the U-264, commanded by Hartwig Looks, age twenty-six on February 19.Walker's sloops rescued Looks and other Germans.
Hartwig Looks Kapitantleutnant:1.3.43 (4) [Sources:Rangliste der Dt Kriegsmarine. 1 September 1944]
Regards
JPK
http://uboat.net/boats/u264.htm
http://www.theworldatwar.com/wolfpack.htm
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/Underwater/22Capt ... alker.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sous.marin/delphin.htm
and more in "Hitler U-Boat warby Clay Blair. band 2, pages 118-9 194 282 291 429 454 and
498: The sloops Starling and Woodpecker sank the U-264, commanded by Hartwig Looks, age twenty-six on February 19.Walker's sloops rescued Looks and other Germans.
Hartwig Looks Kapitantleutnant:1.3.43 (4) [Sources:Rangliste der Dt Kriegsmarine. 1 September 1944]
Regards
JPK
Looks, Hartwig
Date and Place of birth (Geburtsdatum u. Geburtsort)
27-06-1917; Flensburg, Stadtkreis Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Branch and Class Year (Zweig u. Crew Jahrgang)
Linien Seeoffizier; Crew 1936
Ranks (Beförderungen)
03/04/1936 Offiziersanwärter; 01/05/1937 Fähnrich zur See; 01/07/1938 Oberfähnrich zur See; 01/10/1938 Leutnant zur See ; 01/10/1940 Oberleutnant zur See 01/03/1943 Kapitänleutnant
Medals and Decorations (Orden und Ehrenzeichen)
1940 Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse
11/02/1942 U-Boots Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as I WO in U 375 07/41-03/42)
01/06/1943 Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (when serving as Komdt. in U 264 05/42-02/44)
29/03/1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (when serving as Komdt. in U 264 05/42-02/44)
U-Bootwaffe Career (Dienststellungen)
01/1941-30/05/1941 "zur Verfügung" At disposal of U-Boat service in "BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Org., U-Bootsausbildung" U-Boat Training in "1.Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division, Pillau"
06/1941-18/07/1941 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 375" in shipyard "Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden" under supervision of "Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel"
19/07/1941-03/1942 "I WO" First Watch Officer in "U 575 (Könenkamp) / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel ; 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice u. 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia" (made two war patrols 60 days, made one transit sailing 2 days)
03/1942-04/1942 "Kommandantenschießlehrgang" U-Boat Commander Training and Commander Torpedo Shooting Course in "24.U-Flottille, Memel"
04/1942-21/05/1942 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 264" in shipyard "Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen" under supervision of "6.KLA, Bremen"
22/05/1942-19/02/1944 "Komdt." Commander of "U 264 / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel u. 6.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire" (made one transit sailing 0 days, made one aborted patrol 1 day, completed four war patrols 162 days, made one war patrol without return 14 days, sank 3 merchant ships 16.843 ton.)
Place and cause of capture or internment (Ort und Ursache der Sicherung oder der Internierung)
19/02/1944 Captured with 50 crew members of the U 264, sank in the North Atlantic, South-East of Cape Clear, 48°31´ N x 22°05´ W (KM quadrant BE1893), by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker U 08 and HMS Starling U 66.
Released in 20-09-1947
Cheers, Fernando
Date and Place of birth (Geburtsdatum u. Geburtsort)
27-06-1917; Flensburg, Stadtkreis Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Branch and Class Year (Zweig u. Crew Jahrgang)
Linien Seeoffizier; Crew 1936
Ranks (Beförderungen)
03/04/1936 Offiziersanwärter; 01/05/1937 Fähnrich zur See; 01/07/1938 Oberfähnrich zur See; 01/10/1938 Leutnant zur See ; 01/10/1940 Oberleutnant zur See 01/03/1943 Kapitänleutnant
Medals and Decorations (Orden und Ehrenzeichen)
1940 Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse
11/02/1942 U-Boots Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as I WO in U 375 07/41-03/42)
01/06/1943 Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (when serving as Komdt. in U 264 05/42-02/44)
29/03/1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (when serving as Komdt. in U 264 05/42-02/44)
U-Bootwaffe Career (Dienststellungen)
01/1941-30/05/1941 "zur Verfügung" At disposal of U-Boat service in "BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Org., U-Bootsausbildung" U-Boat Training in "1.Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division, Pillau"
06/1941-18/07/1941 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 375" in shipyard "Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden" under supervision of "Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel"
19/07/1941-03/1942 "I WO" First Watch Officer in "U 575 (Könenkamp) / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel ; 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice u. 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia" (made two war patrols 60 days, made one transit sailing 2 days)
03/1942-04/1942 "Kommandantenschießlehrgang" U-Boat Commander Training and Commander Torpedo Shooting Course in "24.U-Flottille, Memel"
04/1942-21/05/1942 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 264" in shipyard "Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen" under supervision of "6.KLA, Bremen"
22/05/1942-19/02/1944 "Komdt." Commander of "U 264 / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel u. 6.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire" (made one transit sailing 0 days, made one aborted patrol 1 day, completed four war patrols 162 days, made one war patrol without return 14 days, sank 3 merchant ships 16.843 ton.)
Place and cause of capture or internment (Ort und Ursache der Sicherung oder der Internierung)
19/02/1944 Captured with 50 crew members of the U 264, sank in the North Atlantic, South-East of Cape Clear, 48°31´ N x 22°05´ W (KM quadrant BE1893), by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker U 08 and HMS Starling U 66.
Released in 20-09-1947
Cheers, Fernando
Kriegsmarie DkiG
thanks again Fernando and JPK.
Kind Regards Harmel
Kind Regards Harmel