Poel, Gustav Artur Eduard Johann ('U-413')
- Date of birth:
- August 2nd, 1917 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 16th, 2009 (Hamburg/Lowersaxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Crew 36
Promotions:
3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1943 Kapitänleutnant
Career:
00.04.1939-00.05.1939: 2. WO, U 27
23.05.1939-10.06.1940: 2. WO, U 37, IXA. Frontboot
03.06.1942-24.04.1944: Kdt, U 413, VIIC
25.04.1944-00.01.1945: Marinekriegsschule Glücksburg
00.01.1945-08.05.1945: Admiral von Friedeburg's staff - Kommandierende Admiral der U-Boote at Flesburg-Mürwik
credited with 5 patrols and 301 days
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Spanienkreuz, Bronze mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- November 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1940
Croce Al Valore di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant, "U 413"
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant, "U 413", 1. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- December 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant, "U 413", 1. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- March 21st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab, Kommandierende Admiral der U-Boote
- Awarded on:
- April 27th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
- Deutsche Marinesoldaten
- Axis History Forum
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