The Men - U-boat Commanders

Victor-Wilhelm Nonn

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)


Successes
8 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,085 GRT

Born  2 Apr 1917 Dresden


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937 Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937 Seekadett
1 May 1938 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  Iron Cross 1st Class
24 May 1944 German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-152 21 Sep 1942 24 Jul 1943   No war patrols 
U-596 28 Jul 1943 Jul, 1944   5 patrols (124 days) 

Patrol info for Victor-Wilhelm Nonn

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-596 10 Aug 1943  Pola  10 Sep 1943  Salamis  Patrol 1,32 days
2. U-596 28 Sep 1943  Salamis  10 Oct 1943  Pola  Patrol 2,13 days
3. U-596 30 Nov 1943  Pola  28 Dec 1943  Pola  Patrol 3,29 days
4. U-596 12 Feb 1944  Pola  11 Mar 1944  Pola  Patrol 4,29 days
5. U-596 9 Apr 1944  Pola  29 Apr 1944  Pola  Patrol 5,21 days
5 patrols, 124 days at sea

Ships hit by Victor-Wilhelm Nonn

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
20 Aug 1943U-596 El Sayeda68ag
21 Aug 1943U-596 Panikos21ag
21 Aug 1943U-596 Namaz50ag
21 Aug 1943U-596 Lily132pl
30 Aug 1943U-596 Nagwa183ag
7 Sep 1943U-596 Hamidieh80ag
4 Oct 1943U-596 Marit5,542nwXT-4
9 Dec 1943U-596 Cap Padaran8,009brHA-11
 14,085

8 ships sunk (14,085 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.


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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