| Born | 17 May 1918 | Königsberg, East Prussia | |
| Died | 4 May 1945 | (26) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-423 | 3 Mar 1943 | 26 Sep 1943 | No war patrols |
| U-1005 | 30 Dec 1943 | 2 Jul 1944 | No war patrols |
| U-2521 | 21 Nov 1944 | 4 May 1945 (+) | No war patrols |
Joachim Methner died on his U-2521 along with 43 of his crew when the boat was sunk 3 May, 1945 in the Flensburg fjord by rockets from British Typhoon aircraft (Sqdn. 184) (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Ships hit by Joachim Methner
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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.