Friedrich Weitz

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  18 Apr 1920 Essen
Died  2 May 1944(24)Arctic Ocean


Ranks

1 Oct 1938 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939 Seekadett
1 Dec 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-959 26 Jul 1943 2 May 1944  (+)  2 patrols (32 days) 

Patrol info for Friedrich Weitz

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-959 22 Feb 1944  Kiel  24 Feb 1944  Bergen   3 days
2. U-959 25 Feb 1944  Bergen  16 Mar 1944  Narvik  Patrol 1,21 days
3. U-959 17 Mar 1944  Narvik  20 Mar 1944  Trondheim   4 days
4. U-959 19 Apr 1944  Trondheim  21 Apr 1944  Narvik   3 days
5. U-959 22 Apr 1944  Narvik  2 May 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,11 days
2 patrols, 32 days at sea


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


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