Seeking photos of PLM U-Boat Commanders

[USAF1986]

Another postcard image of Max Valentiner.

Best regards,
Shawn

SOURCE: O’Connor, Neal W. Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men Who Earned Them – Volume VI: The Aviation Awards of the Grand Duchies of Baden and Oldenburg. Foundation of Aviation World War I, Princeton, New Jersey & Flying Machines Press, Stratford, Connecticut, 1999.

[Peter H]

Thanks Shawn.

Best regards,
Peter

[FANGIO]

Thanks Fangio.

Any better photos of the men already found would be greatly appreciated

Sorry Peter, that's all I have.
Regards,

FANGIO

[CorGlacier7]

Fangio and all,

Yes, Moraht wrote "Werwolf der Meere" in 1933, and also another book "Die Verzenkung des Danton" in 1917. A friend of mine was kind enough to get her hands on "Werwolf" for me and I'm working on (slowly) translating it to English.

Interestingly enough, both of those seem to coincide with a tide of books by U-boat commanders. I seem to recall Hersing, Valentiner, and others wrote about their biggest exploits of the war in 1916 and 1917 when U-boat men really were celebrities of a sort--probably under the urging of the brass. And 1930-1934 saw a lot of memoirs: I recall Moraht, Fuerbringer, Niemoller, Valentiner, and others.

For us English readers, several of these have been translated, but some of the stories are also told in Lowell Thomas' "Raiders of the Deep", available from Bluejacket Books, published in 1927. Interesting that 10 years after the US got into the war over the U-boats that an American journalist went to go collect German submarine tales, and his book was a bestseller.

[CorGlacier7]

Here's my contribution to the photographs...the first one is of Weddigen with his wife, Irma, whom he married shortly after the war began.

Otto Weddigen

[CorGlacier7]

Paul Hundius

This is a photo from the Flanders Flotilla. Unfortunately, all I know is that Hundius is one of the two gentlemen on the right. On the left, front to back, are Karl Bartenbach and Hans Valentiner. The man in the middle is Werner Fuerbringer.

[CorGlacier7]

Robert Moraht With his PLM, late 1917 or early 1918.

[CorGlacier7]

Walter Forstmann The first non-Otto to win a U-boat PLM...! The first one is him in late 1916 at home with his parents and family.

[FANGIO]

Very nice pics CorGlacier7! Thanks for posting them.

[Peter H]

Paul Hundius

This is a photo from the Flanders Flotilla. Unfortunately, all I know is that Hundius is one of the two gentlemen on the right. On the left, front to back, are Karl Bartenbach and Hans Valentiner. The man in the middle is Werner Fuerbringer.

Igor has identified Hundius as second from right.


Courtesy of Igor as well Lohs.

Oberleutnant zur See Johannes Oswald Lohs (24.06.1889 - 14.08.1918).



http://www.einsiedel.info/html/berbisdo ... rasse.html

[Peter H]

Six still required.

KaptLt. Kurt Hartwig of U-63 awarded on 3 Oct. 1918.
OberLt. Hans Howalt of UB-40 awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917.
KorvKapt. Waldemar Kophamel of U-151 awarded on -- 29 Dec. 1917.
OberLt. Wolfgang Steinbauer of UB-48 awarded on -- 3 March 1918.
KaptLt. Max Viebeg of UB-80 awarded on -- 30 Jan. 1918.
KaptLt. Ralph Wenniger of UB-55 awarded on -- 30 March 1918

[Scarlett]

Oberleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Steinbauer (06.05.1888 - 27.01.1978)
Pic from "Unsere Marine im Weltkrieg 1914- 1918"

[Igor Starikow]

Dear forum members!

I am looking for some information about Kapitanleutnant and Pour-le-Merite-Winner Wolfgang Steinbauer. Does anyone have a complete list of his awards and decorations? Any info about his assignments and promotions will be very useful.

Thanks
Igor

[Scarlett]

Some more small pics from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl ... .gbatlasv3

[Scarlett]

And some more from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl ... .gbatlasv3