Jürgen Vockel

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 40)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  10 Jan 1916 Berlin
Died  30 Mar 1945(29)Hamburg, Germany


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Ranks

1 Oct 1940 Offiziersanwärter
1 Aug 1941 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1942 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1943 Leutnant zur See
1 Nov 1944 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

27 Feb 1944 U-boat War Badge 1939
1944 Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

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U-2336 30 Sep 1944 30 Mar 1945  (+)  No war patrols 

Oblt. Jürgen Vockel died in an air raid on the city of Hamburg. His boat, U-2336, was taken over the next day by Kplt. Emil Klusmeier who lost his boat, U-2340, in the same attack (Busch & Röll, 1999).

Patrol info for Jürgen Vockel

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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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