Wolf, Gerhard (U-752)
- Date of birth:
- October 23rd, 1914 (Halle)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
00.00.1941-00.05.1941: U 86
00.05.1941-23.05.1943: U 752: 9 patrols 349 seetage
23.05.1943: U-752 was attacked on the 32d day of her 9th patrol by Fairey Swordfish aircraft attached to the British escort carrier HMS Archer in the mid-Atlantic.
First success of the Rocket Spear, a new weapon with a solid cast iron head, entered and left the pressure hull leaving large holes, thus preventing the U-boat from diving.
At the arrival of enemy surface craft, the surviving crew scuttled the boat and abandoned ship. U-752 sank with 30 men.
Obersteuermann Gerhard Wolf survived the sinking
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- 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-Boot, "U 752", 3. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- HMA
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