Günther Reeder
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 18.266 GRT
1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 10.552 GRT |
| Born | 2 Nov, 1915 | Berlin-Karlshorst |
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Günther Reeder
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| 1 Jun, 1942 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-7 | Oct, 1940 | - | Jan, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-7 | Feb, 1941 | - | 29 Mar, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-214 | 1 Nov, 1941 | - | 10 May, 1943 | 5 patrols (171 days) |
Personal information
While outbound through the Bay of Biscay on May 6, 1943 Reeder's boat, the U-214, was heavily depth charged by a British Whitley bomber (10 OTU). Heavy machine-gunfire hit and severely wounded Reeder forcing him to abort his 2 days old patrol and put into Brest on May 10. A replacement captain, Rupperecht Stock, took the boat out again on May 19.
This was to be Reeder's last U-boat command.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-214
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18 May, 1942 | Kiel | 19 May, 1942 | Kristiansand | | 2 days |
| 2. |
U-214
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21 May, 1942 | Kristiansand | 2 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 3. |
U-214
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2 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | 4 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | | 3 days |
| 4. |
U-214
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4 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | 4 Jun, 1942 | Brest | | 1 days |
| 5. |
U-214
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13 Jun, 1942 | Brest | 13 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | | 1 days |
| 6. |
U-214
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14 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | 17 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | | 4 days |
| 7. |
U-214
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17 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | 18 Jun, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 8. |
U-214
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9 Aug, 1942 | Brest | 9 Oct, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 62 days |
| 9. |
U-214
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30 Nov, 1942 | Brest | 24 Feb, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 87 days |
| 10. |
U-214
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4 May, 1943 | Brest | 10 May, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 5 patrols, 171 days at sea |
Ships hit by Günther Reeder
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
