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Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew I/40)


Successes
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 56 tons

Born  14 Aug 1910 Wienmoos, Flensburg
Died  15 Nov 1944(34)Gulf of Finland


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Ranks

1 Jul 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-479 27 Oct 1943 15 Nov 1944  (+)  5 patrols (83 days) 

Patrol info for Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-479 9 Jun 1944  Kiel  10 Jun 1944  Arendal   2 days
2. U-479 28 Jun 1944  Arendal  1 Jul 1944  Kiel   4 days
3. U-479 8 Jul 1944  Kiel  11 Jul 1944  Helsinki   4 days
4. U-479 13 Jul 1944  Helsinki  25 Jul 1944  Esplanade  Patrol 1,13 days
5. U-479 27 Jul 1944  Esplanade  1 Aug 1944  Helsinki  Patrol 1,6 days
6. U-479 3 Aug 1944  Helsinki  11 Aug 1944  Helsinki  Patrol 2,9 days
7. U-479 16 Aug 1944  Helsinki  25 Aug 1944  Helsinki  Patrol 3,10 days
8. U-479 30 Aug 1944  Helsinki  23 Sep 1944  Danzig  Patrol 4,25 days
9. U-479 27 Oct 1944  Danzig  15 Nov 1944  Sunk  Patrol 5,20 days
5 patrols, 83 days at sea

Ships hit by Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
18 Jul 1944U-479 MO-304 (d.)56sj
 56

1 ship damaged (56 tons).

Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.



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Books dealing with this subject include

Angrepet på Black Watch. Isachsen, Harald, 2009.
Bestemming New York. Top, Henk, 2007.
The Bowmanville Break. Shelley, Sidney, 1968.
Carrier Operations in World War II. Brown, J.D., 2009.
The Führer Led But We Overtook Him. Durham, Phil, 1996.
Kurs Atlantik. Möller, Eberhard, 1995.
Raider 16. Hoyt, Edwin, 1988. (transl.)
Sea Shepherds, Wardens of Our Food Flocks. Russell, Sir Herbert William Henry, 1941.
The Strike Wings. Nesbit, Roy Conyers, 1995.
Struggle for the middle sea. O\'Hara, Vincent P., 2009.
U-Boat Command and the Battle of the Atlantic. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 1988.
The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945. Terraine, John, 1990.
Ubåtkrig.. Svein Aage Knudsen, 2006.
US Destroyers 1934-45. Dave McComb, 2010.
The USS Flier. Michael Sturma, 2008.
Die Wende im Ubootkrieg. Brennecke, Jochen, 1991.

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