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Oskar Curio

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 13.374 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 925 tons
1 ship damaged for a total of 7.176 GRT

Born  28 Feb, 1918Klein-Algemissen, near Hildesheim

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Ranks

1 Jan, 1944Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-805 May, 1942 - 22 Nov, 1942  No war patrols 
U-95210 Dec, 1942 - 6 Aug, 1944  5 patrols (192 days) 
U-25289 Dec, 1944 - 23 Apr, 1945  No war patrols 
U-102524 Apr, 1945 - 30 Apr, 1945  No war patrols 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-952 22 Apr, 1943  Kiel26 Apr, 1943  Bergen 5 days
2. U-952 27 Apr, 1943  Bergen31 May, 1943  BordeauxPatrol35 days
3. U-952 2 Aug, 1943  Bordeaux2 Aug, 1943  La Pallice 1 days
4. U-952 26 Aug, 1943  La Pallice5 Sep, 1943  La Pallice 11 days
5. U-952 6 Sep, 1943  La Pallice23 Oct, 1943  La PallicePatrol48 days
6. U-952 11 Dec, 1943  La Pallice15 Dec, 1943  La Pallice 5 days
7. U-952 16 Dec, 1943  La Pallice15 Jan, 1944  ToulonPatrol31 days
8. U-952 17 Feb, 1944  Toulon20 Mar, 1944  La SpeziaPatrol33 days
9. U-952 3 May, 1944  La Spezia7 May, 1944  Toulon 5 days
10. U-952 8 May, 1944  Toulon21 Jun, 1944  ToulonPatrol45 days

Ships hit by Oskar Curio


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
21 Sep, 1943 U-952HMS Polyanthus (K 47)925 br ON-202 
23 Sep, 1943 U-952James Gordon Bennett7.176 am ON-202 damaged
23 Sep, 1943 U-952Steel Voyager6.198 am ON-202 
 
10 Mar, 1944 U-952William B. Woods7.176 am 
 21.475

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


Books dealing with this subject include:

La Marina Mercante, British Ministry of Propaganda, 1943


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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