Die Kaleuns.

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Hello to all ; Another query: The BdU with one of its commanders.

Source: https://sallyantiques.co.uk/product/ww2 ... signature/

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Hello to all ; more: Wilhelm Franken (born in Bielefeld-Schildesche September 11, 1914 - died in Kiel on January 13, 1945)!

He joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1935 and, after completing his training, he sailed aboard the "Gorch Fock" and the light cruiser "Karlsruhe". In 1938 he was an artillery officer in the Danube flotilla and later served on the battleship "Scharnhorst". In late 1940 he joined the U-Bootwaffe and sailed as I WO in U 331 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Tiesenhausen. In March 1942 he took command of U 565, with which he sank the British destroyer HMS Partridge (G 30). With his ship he carried out 11 patrols with 263 days at sea. In October 1943 he became a member of the BdU General Staff under Admiral Friedeburg. Wilhelm Franken died in the fire aboard the "Dar es Salaam" and was posthumously promoted to Korvettenkapitän. He received the Knight's Cross on April 30, 1943 as kapitänleutnant.

Source: http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/f/F186Franken.pdf
https://uboot-recherche.de/Media/Upload ... r/U565.pdf
"UX" Stand im Mittelmeer - Mit einem deutschen U-Boot auf Feindfahrt

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Hello to all ; more: Wilhelm Franken (born in Bielefeld-Schildesche September 11, 1914 - died in Kiel on January 13, 1945)!

Source: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... -boat-book

The Ostrm could be Günther Scholz? Cheers. Raúl M .

[cukdul]

Hi all,
picture of Günther Scholz from the book u-565 Das boot und seine Menschen

Scholz.jpg (155.94 KiB) Viewed 2548 times

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Thank you cukdul .

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Hello to all ; more: Some peculiarities about commanders in the Type II.

November 03, 1936 Kptlt. HARALD GROSSE relinquishes command of U 8, no information on his immediate successor. Next CO Kptlt. Georg Peters 24 Jun 1938 (anything new about it?)

March 1937 U 21 was commanded by the following commanders, Kapitänleutnant WILHELM AMBROSIUS, Kapitänleutnant KURT FREIWALD and Fregattenkapitän ERWIN SACHS. There is no information on the duration of the respective command (this period extends between March 31, when Kapitänleutnant Werner Lott left, and October 1, when Kapitänleutnant Fritz Frauenheim took over).

September 30, 1937 the Kplt. HANNES WEINGÄRTNER takes over U 10 and U 16. How common was it to take two commands in pre-war U Bootwaffe?

Source: KTB U-Bootwaffe. 1923 - 1938. Das Kriegstagebuch der U-Bootwaffe von Roland Berr
https://uboat.net/boats/u8.htm
https://uboot-recherche.de/Media/Upload ... /U21_2.pdf

Cheers. Raúl M .

[cukdul]

From the book Der U-Boot Krieg concerning Georg Peters
Born 03.03.1888 in Greifswald
Korvettenkapt der reserve 01.07.1943
1 weltkrieg
Ausbildung U-Boots-Abteilung 08/15-09/15
Z.Vfg U-Boots-Abteilung 11/15
ObStrmMt SM U-25 11/15-01/16
Obstrm Lehrgang - DEckoffiziers Schule 01/16-09/16
z.vfg U-Boots-Abteilung 10/16-11/16
ObstrmMt SM U-52 11/16-02/17
U-Strm - U Boots-Division 02/17-04/17
U-Strm SM U-96 04/17-11/18
z.vfg U-Boots-Divis 11/18-01/19
2 Weltkrieg
WO U-Schule 04/38-06-38
Kdt U-8 24-06-38-05.09.39
Kdt U-11 05/09/39-22/03/43
Kdt i.V U6 06/40-07/40
Kdt UA (4 U-flotille) 23/03/43-14/04/44
Kdt U-38 15/04/44-05/05/45

cukdul

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From the book Der U-Boot Krieg concerning Georg Peters

Thanks cukdul . Cheers. Raúl M

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Hello to all ; more. Kapitänleutnant Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach?

Source: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Unterseeboot-Ub ... 0005.m1851

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Hello to all ; more: Take-over in U 23 - Constanta 1944.

Kplt. Rolf-Birger Wahlen (03.27.1942 - 06.19.1944), previously served as IIWO and IWO of the U-A handed over command to Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Arendt (20.06.1944 - 10.09.1944). He previously served as IWO and acting CO of U 18. Rudolf Arent was one of the youngest submarine commanders during World War II when he left for his patrol with U 18 from Constanta, Romania on May 25, 1944. He was only 21 years old at the time.

Source: U-BOOT-KRIEG PHOTO U 23 KOMMANDANT RUDOLF ARENDT ÜBERNIMMT IN KONSTANZA DAS BOOT
https://picclick.de/U-Boot-Krieg-Foto-U ... id=1&pid=1

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Hello to all ; more......................

Heinrich Schuch (August 28, 1906 - January 21, 1968).

He entered the Reichsmarine in April 1925 and was promoted to Leutnant z.S. in October 1929. Throughout his naval career he commanded four U-boats:

U-37 (08.04.1938 - 09.24.1939) One patrol, no sinking.
U-38 (15.07.1941 - 06.01.1942) Two patrols, one sinking 1,700 TPB
U-105 (07.01.1942 - 30.09.1942) Three patrols, three sinkings 19,551 TPB
U-154 (01.10.1942 - 08.02.1943) One patrol, three sinkings 17,936 TPB

Source: http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/ind ... ich_Schuch
https://picclick.de/U-Boot-Krieg-Foto-U ... id=1&pid=1

Cheers. Raúl M .

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Hello to all ; more: Jürgen Oesten (October 24, 1913 – August 5, 2010)

Officer in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U 61 and U 106, then served as a staff officer with FdU Nordmeer before returning to command U 861. He sank nineteen ships for a total of 101,744 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged another four for 51,668 GRT to become number 29 on the list of the highest scoring submarine aces of World War II.

Born in Grunewald, Berlin, Oesten joined the Reichsmarine in April 1933. After serving aboard the cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Karlsruhe, he transferred to the submarine arm in May 1937 and was appointed Watch Officer (WO) of the U 20.

Source: https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/S ... h9nUu01ZZ2
https://alchetron.com/J%C3%BCrgen-Oesten

Cheers. Raúl M .

[docarchiv]

Hello,
new in my collection. It is said to be Kapitänleutnant Horst Selle and U 765.
I am not confirmed.
Thank you!
Kind regards
docarchiv

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.. and another one!

[cukdul]

Hi,

Its u-795 Horst Selle (foto 3) crew