The Men - U-boat Commanders

Günter Poser

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 9,804 GRT
3 ships damaged, total tonnage 26,545 GRT

Born  23 Sep 1916 Berlin


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 Feb 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-59 Dec, 1941 15 Jul 1942   No war patrols 
U-202 2 Sep 1942 2 Jun 1943   3 patrols (159 days) 

Patrol info for Günter Poser


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-202 6 Sep 1942  Brest  25 Oct 1942  Brest  Patrol 1,50 days
2. U-202 12 Jan 1943  Brest  26 Mar 1943  Brest  Patrol 2,74 days
3. U-202 29 Apr 1943  Brest  2 Jun 1943  Sunk  Patrol 3,35 days
3 patrols, 159 days at sea

Ships hit by Günter Poser

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
1 Oct 1942U-202 Achilles1,815nl
 
23 Feb 1943U-202 Murena (d.)8,252nlUC-1
23 Feb 1943U-202 British Fortitude (d.)8,482brUC-1
23 Feb 1943U-202 Empire Norseman (d.)9,811brUC-1
23 Feb 1943U-202 Esso Baton Rouge7,989amUC-1
 36,349

2 ships sunk (9,804 tons) and 3 ships damaged (26,545 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders