Friedrich Bothe

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  1 Jul 1917 Diemeringen, Alsace
Died  7 May 1943(25)Gibraltar


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 May 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

Dec 1939 U-boat War Badge 1939
18 Jan 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-5 28 Mar 1941 6 Jan 1942   No war patrols 
U-101 4 Feb 1942 31 Mar 1942   No war patrols 
U-447 11 Jul 1942 7 May 1943  (+)  2 patrols (44 days) 

Patrol info for Friedrich Bothe

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-447 20 Feb 1943  Kiel  24 Mar 1943  Brest  Patrol 1,33 days
2. U-447 27 Apr 1943  Brest  7 May 1943  Sunk  Patrol 2,11 days
2 patrols, 44 days at sea


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


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