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Günter Ney

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  27 Mar 1922 Berlin-Schöneberg
Died  11 Feb 1944(21)North Atlantic


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Ranks

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

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-283 16 Aug 1943 11 Feb 1944  (+)  1 patrol (30 days) 

Oblt. Günter Ney was one of the youngest U-boat commanders during WWII when he left for his patrol with U-283 from Kiel. He was little under 22 years old at the time. He died along with his entire crew when the boat was sunk 30 days later (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Günter Ney


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-283 13 Jan 1944  Kiel  11 Feb 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,30 days

Ships hit by Günter Ney

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U-Boat Far from Home
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Books dealing with this subject include

Der Abschied. Lothar-Günther Buchheim, 2002.
The Enemy We Killed, My Friend. Jones, David C., 1999. (transl.)
Die Fahrt der 'Deutschland'. König, Paul, 1916. (transl.)
A Flock of Ships. Callison, Brian, 1970.
Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten. Spindler; Arno, 1932. (transl.)
Die Heimfahrt der U-720. Lehnhoff, Joachim, 1956. (transl.)
Hellcats. Peter Sasgen, 2010.
Hellcats of the Sea. Lockwood, Charles, 1955. (transl.)
Kormoran. Detmers, Theodor, 1959.
Lifeline. Carse, Robert, 1943.
Mit dem Einhorn gegen Engelland. Fröwis, Franz J., 1999.
The Story of the U-505. N/A, 1955.
Those in Peril. Follett, James, 1994.
Trzecia torpeda. Dyjeta, Henryk, 1973.
U-Boat Far from Home. Stevens, David, 1997.
The U-Boat Wrecks of Operation Deadlight. McCartney, Innes, 2003.
World War II Lend-Lease U.S. Coast Guard Cutters to England, Lake Class. Borchers, Duane D., Sr.,


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.

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