Kuch, Oskar ('U-188')

Date of birth:: July 26th, 1917
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

20.08.1944: 'U 188' was decommissioned in Bordeaux
25.08.1944: 'U-188' was blown up in the U-boat bunker of the 12th U-Flotilla by a German demolition squad
The boat should be transferred from France to Norway. But due to the lack of new batteries and the lack :of roadworthiness, the boat could not be made ready for use in time.
00.00.1947/ the wreck was broken off and scrapped

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Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Machinenobergefreiter
Unit:: Torpedoboot, "Leopard"
Awarded on:: October 17th, 1939

Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Machinenobergefreiter
Unit:: Torpedoboot, "Leopard", 6. Torpedobootsflotille
Awarded on:: October 26th, 1939

U-boot Kriegsabzeichen (ohne Brillianten)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Maschinenmaat
Awarded on:: June 13th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Maschinenmaat
Unit:: U-188
Awarded on:: June 13th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obermaschinist
Unit:: U-188
Awarded on:: May 7th, 1943

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obermaschinist
Unit:: U 188, 10.Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:: August 3rd, 1944

U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obermaschinist
Unit:: U-188
Awarded on:: September 27th, 1944

Sources

- 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
- Verleihungsurkunden and documents via Gentlemens Military Interest Club