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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Weber, Karl-Otto |
| Date of birth: | October 10th, 1914 (Krempe/Schleswig, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
April 14th, 1999 (Reinbek/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Was with the "U 371" involved in the sinking of a 9833 BRT steamship on 12th June 1941, m.s. "Vigrid" (Norwegian) of 4765 BRT on 24th June 1941, s.s. "Shahristan" (British) of 6935 BRT on 30th June 1941 and the s.s. "Sitoebondo" (Dutch) of 7049 BRT on the same day
Promotions:
1st December 1944: Kapitänleutnant.
Career:
3.Offizier Blockadebrecher MS "Heinz Horn";
July 1940 - March 1941: Steuermannsmaat "U 93";
March 1941 - April 1942: 2. en 1.Wachoffizier "U 371";
May 1942 - August 1942: Kommandantenlehrgang;
12th August 1942 - 2nd December 1943: Kommandant "U 709";
February 1944 - November 1944: Lehrer en Kompaniechef
2.U-Bootlehrdivision;
December 1945 - May 1945: Kapitänleutnant Stab / 11.U-Bootsflottille, Berge.
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Leutnant zur See der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant at Sea of Reserves)
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Awarded on:
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March 3rd, 1942
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve (1st Lieutenant at Sea of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Kommandant "U 709" / 9.Unterseebootsflottille
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Awarded on:
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January 7th, 1944
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Verleihungsurkunde EK2, EK1, DKiG, U-boot Frontspange im Bronze
- Besitzzeugnis Blockadebrecherabzeichen
- Awarding document to the Croce Al Valore di Guerra
- Telegramm with awarding of the DKiG
- U-Boot Waffe
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