| Born | 9 May, 1916 | Stettin |
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Personal information
 Kptlt. Paul Brasack after receiving his Knights Cross |
Paul Brasack spent the first years of his career, like Reinhard Hardegen, in the German Luftwaffe. In March 1942 he joined the Kriegsmarine, where he completed a six-month U-boat officer training course.
After one patrol as watch officer he commissioned U-737. All his 7 patrols on that boat took place in Arctic Sea, where he attacked several Northern-route convoys. In November 1944 Kptlt. Paul Brasack became a training officer in the 25th Flotilla. He spent more than two years in Allied captivity after the German surrender in May 1945.
In 1957 he entered the German Bundesmarine. Among other positions, he was commander of the destroyer Z-2 and for more than 3 years the Navy attache in the USA. He retired in 1974 as Kapitän zur See.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-737 | 20 Jul, 1943 | Kiel | 29 Jul, 1943 | Hammerfest | 10 days | |
| 2. | U-737 | 8 Aug, 1943 | Hammerfest | 20 Sep, 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 44 days |
| 3. | U-737 | 4 Oct, 1943 | Hammerfest | 23 Oct, 1943 | Harstad | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 4. | U-737 | 24 Oct, 1943 | Harstad | 24 Oct, 1943 | Narvik | 1 days | |
| 5. | U-737 | 27 Oct, 1943 | Narvik | 29 Oct, 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 6. | U-737 | 13 Jan, 1944 | Trondheim | 15 Jan, 1944 | Narvik | 3 days | |
| 7. | U-737 | 16 Jan, 1944 | Narvik | 10 Feb, 1944 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 8. | U-737 | 11 Feb, 1944 | Hammerfest | 12 Feb, 1944 | Narvik | 2 days | |
| 9. | U-737 | 28 Feb, 1944 | Narvik | 29 Feb, 1944 | Hammerfest | 2 days | |
| 10. | U-737 | 1 Mar, 1944 | Hammerfest | 8 Mar, 1944 | Narvik | Patrol, | 8 days |
| 11. | U-737 | 9 Mar, 1944 | Narvik | 12 Mar, 1944 | Trondheim | 4 days | |
| 12. | U-737 | 2 May, 1944 | Trondheim | 4 May, 1944 | Narvik | 3 days | |
| 13. | U-737 | 8 May, 1944 | Narvik | 8 May, 1944 | Hammerfest | 1 days | |
| 14. | U-737 | 13 May, 1944 | Hammerfest | 7 Jun, 1944 | Bogenbucht | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 15. | U-737 | 11 Jun, 1944 | Bogenbucht | 12 Jun, 1944 | Hammerfest | 2 days | |
| 16. | U-737 | 14 Jun, 1944 | Hammerfest | 18 Jun, 1944 | Hammerfest | 5 days | |
| 17. | U-737 | 24 Jun, 1944 | Hammerfest | 9 Jul, 1944 | Bogenbucht | 16 days | |
| 18. | U-737 | 15 Jul, 1944 | Bogenbucht | 17 Jul, 1944 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 19. | U-737 | 16 Sep, 1944 | Trondheim | 21 Sep, 1944 | Narvik | 6 days | |
| 20. | U-737 | 22 Sep, 1944 | Narvik | 22 Sep, 1944 | Tromsö | 1 days | |
| 21. | U-737 | 24 Sep, 1944 | Tromsö | 3 Oct, 1944 | Narvik | Patrol, | 10 days |
| 22. | U-737 | 12 Oct, 1944 | Narvik | 24 Oct, 1944 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 23. | U-737 | 25 Oct, 1944 | Hammerfest | 31 Oct, 1944 | Trondheim | 7 days | |
| 7 patrols, 147 days at sea | |||||||
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