| Born | 3 Jan, 1909 | Kiel |
| Died | 18 Dec, 1984 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-505 | 19 Jan, 1942 | Kiel | 3 Feb, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 2. | U-505 | 11 Feb, 1942 | Lorient | 7 May, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 86 days |
| 3. | U-505 | 7 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | 25 Aug, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 80 days |
| 3 patrols, 182 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Axel-Olaf Loewe
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 5 Mar, 1942 | U-505 | Benmohr | 5.920 |  | br | ||
| 6 Mar, 1942 | U-505 | Sydhav | 7.587 |  | nw | ||
| 3 Apr, 1942 | U-505 | West Irmo | 5.775 |  | am | ||
| 4 Apr, 1942 | U-505 | Alphacca | 5.759 |  | nl | ||
| 28 Jun, 1942 | U-505 | Sea Thrush | 5.447 | | am | ||
| 29 Jun, 1942 | U-505 | Thomas McKean | 7.191 | | am | ||
| 22 Jul, 1942 | U-505 | Urious | 153 |  | co | ||
| 37.832 | |||||||
* 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.