Bonacker, Arthur (U-172)
- Date of birth:
- December 4th, 1914 (Königsberg)
- Date of death:
- September 11th, 2011 (Bremen)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
00.00.1935: entered the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1938: entered the U-Bootwaffe, U 26 Type IA
00.00.1939: Maat, Geschützführer, U-38 Type IX A : 8 patrols
00.00.1941: U-Bootfahrer Lehrgang
00.00.1941-00.04.1942: Steuermann, U-Bootfahrer, U 38 Type IX A
00.04.1942-00.04.1943: Obersteuermann, U-Bootfahrer, U 172 Type IX C, 10. Unterseebootsflottille
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Maat (Leading Seaman)
- Unit:
- Geschützführer, U-38
- Awarded on:
- December 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obersteurmann (Petty Officer 1st Class)
- Unit:
- Steuermann, Wachoffizier, U 172, 10. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- DKiG - Obersteuermann Arthur Bonacker - Axis History Forum
- HMA
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