Willy Ohlenburg
Oberleutnant zur See
| Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,000 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 441 tons |
| Born | 12 Mar 1915 | Stiddien, Braunschweig | |
| Died | 4 May 1964 | (49) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-19 | 3 Dec 1943 | 6 Sep 1944 | 5 patrols (130 days, * did not finish patrol) |
Willy Ohlenburg, possibly someone elevated from the enlisted ranks to officer status during the war, did not belong to Crew 34 as is often claimed. He may have been belatedly attached to the Crew for mere administrative purposes by the Navy’s personnel office, but he did neither share the common training experience of the Crew’s regular members nor did he participate in any Crew events, such as reunions after the war. Regular Crew 34 members would not have claimed him as one of their own, nor would he have claimed to be one of them (Rust, 2009).
Sources
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.
Patrol info for Willy Ohlenburg
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-19 | 22 Dec 1943 | Konstanza | 19 Jan 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 1, | 29 days | |
| 2. | U-19 | 10 Feb 1944 | Konstanza | 7 Mar 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 2, | 27 days | |
| 3. | U-19 | 10 Apr 1944 | Konstanza | 6 May 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 3, | 27 days | |
| 4. | U-19 | 6 Jun 1944 | Konstanza | 8 Jul 1944 | Konstanza | Patrol 4, | 33 days | |
| 5. | U-19 | 25 Aug 1944 | Konstanza | 7 Sep 1944 | *at sea* | Patrol 5, | 14 days | |
| 5 patrols, 130 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Willy Ohlenburg
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 1944 | U-19 | Barzha (No 75) | 1,000 |  | sj | ||
| 2 Sep 1944 | U-19 | BTSC-410 Vzryv (No 25) | 441 | | sj | ||
| 1,441 | |||||||
2 ships sunk (1,441 tons). | |||||||