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The Men - The Commander listing

Victor Vogel

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
7 ships sunk for a total of 31.492 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7.460 GRT

Born	22 Nov, 1912	Tübingen
Died	31 Jul, 1942	Central North Atlantic

Ranks

1 Feb, 1940	Kapitänleutnant
1 Aug, 1942	Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)

Decorations

U-boat Commands

18 Sep, 1941

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31 Jul, 1942 (+)

4 patrols (130 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-588	8 Jan, 1942	Kiel	30 Jan, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	23 days
2.	U-588	12 Feb, 1942	Lorient	27 Mar, 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol	44 days
3.	U-588	19 Apr, 1942	St. Nazaire	7 Jun, 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol	50 days
4.	U-588	19 Jul, 1942	St. Nazaire	31 Jul, 1942	Sunk	Patrol	13 days

Ships hit by Victor Vogel

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
22 Jan, 1942	U-588	Caledonian Monarch	5.851		br	SC-63
1 Mar, 1942	U-588	Carperby	4.890		br	ON-66
10 Mar, 1942	U-588	Gulftrade	6.776		am
9 May, 1942	U-588	Greylock	7.460		am		damaged
10 May, 1942	U-588	Kitty´s Brook	4.031		br
17 May, 1942	U-588	Skottland	2.117		nw
22 May, 1942	U-588	Plow City	3.282		am
23 May, 1942	U-588	Margot	4.545		br
			38.952
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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