Schepke, Gustav Wilhelm Joachim
- Date of birth:
- March 8th, 1912 (Flensburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 17th, 1941 (At the coast of Ireland)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant von U 3 / 1.Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän
- Unit:
- Kommandant U 68 / 1.Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 29th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant U 100 / 7.Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1940
32nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant U 100 / 7.Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1940
7th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
- Feldgrau.com
- Lexicon der Wehrmacht
- Das Ritterkreuz.de
- U-boat.net
- Deutsche Marinegeschichte
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