| Born | 16 Apr 1917 | Fylitz, Neidenburg | |
| Died | 16 Apr 1945 | (28) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-880 | 11 May 1944 | 16 Apr 1945 (+) | 1 patrol (34 days) |
Gerhard Schötzau was a Waffenoffizier (weapons officer) specializing in mines before switching to the line branch and becoming a U-boat officer.
Crew of 1936
Gerhard Schötzau was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.
Patrol info for Gerhard Schötzau
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-880 | 11 Jan 1945 | Kiel | 15 Jan 1945 | Horten | 5 days | ||
| 2. | U-880 | 23 Jan 1945 | Horten | 29 Jan 1945 | Bergen | 7 days | ||
| 3. | U-880 | 7 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 9 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 3 days | ||
| 4. | U-880 | 14 Mar 1945 | Bergen | 16 Apr 1945 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 34 days | |
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.
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