| Born | 23 May 1920 | Kiel-Russee | |
| Died | 1988 | (67) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-1161 | 27 Sep 1943 | 17 Jan 1945 | No war patrols |
| U-1007 | Feb, 1945 | Apr, 1945 | No war patrols |
Karl-Heinz Raabe joined the Kriegsmarine in 1938. He served with minesweeping flotillas (44th, 14th and 44th again) from Aug 1940 to Jan 1943 when he joined the U-boat force.
From Jan to Sept 1943 Karl-Heinz Raabe went through his U-boat training, including Commander course, spending he last month in U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung).
Raabe took command of his first boat, the type VIIC school boat U-1161, on 27 Sept 1943 before joining the 18th flotilla in Jan 1945. He commanded another school boat, the former combat boat U-1007, from Feb to April 1945.
Sources
Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Raabe
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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.
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