Ernst-August Gerke

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	9 May 1921		Osnabrück
Died	17 Mar 1997	(75)

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Ranks

1 Dec 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Nov 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Nov 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Dec 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-377	22 Sep 1943	10 Oct 1943	1 patrol (19 days)
U-382	May, 1944	29 Jun 1944	1 patrol (10 days)
U-650	30 Jun 1944	20 Jul 1944	No war patrols (Acting CO)
U-673	1 Aug 1944	24 Oct 1944	2 patrols (39 days)
U-3035	1 Mar 1945	9 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Ernst-August Gerke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-377	22 Sep 1943	at sea	10 Oct 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	19 days
2.	U-382	6 Jun 1944	St. Nazaire	15 Jun 1944	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	10 days
3.	U-673	14 Sep 1944	St. Nazaire	19 Oct 1944	Bergen	Patrol 3,	36 days
4.	U-673	22 Oct 1944	Bergen	24 Oct 1944	Sunk	Patrol 4,	3 days
4 patrols, 68 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.