The Men - U-boat Commanders

Paul Brasack

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  9 May 1916 Stettin
Died  11 Mar 2013(96)Bad Pyrmont, Germany


Kptlt. Paul Brasack

Ranks

3 Apr 1937Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937Seekadett
1 Apr 1938Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1944Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

28 Feb 1940Luftwaffe Observer Badge
May 1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
Nov 1940Iron Cross 1st Class
10 Mar 1941Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Gold
24 Jun 1941Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg
24 Sep 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
28 Oct 1944U-boat Front Clasp
30 Oct 1944Knights Cross
24 Mar 1945U-boat Front Clasp in Silver

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-737 5 Feb 1943 24 Nov 1944   8 patrols (163 days) 

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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.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.

Patrol info for Paul Brasack


 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 1,44 days
3. U-737 4 Oct 1943  Hammerfest  23 Oct 1943  Harstad  Patrol 2,20 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 3,26 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 4,8 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 5,26 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  Patrol 6,16 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 7,10 days
22. U-737 12 Oct 1944  Narvik  24 Oct 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 8,13 days
23. U-737 25 Oct 1944  Hammerfest  31 Oct 1944  Trondheim   7 days
8 patrols, 163 days at sea

Ships hit by Paul Brasack

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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders