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Boldt, Walter (U-720)

Date of birth:
December 5th, 1921 (Elbing/Westprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 14th, 1945 (Flensburg/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)
Buried on:
German War Graves Flensburg
Plot: 29. Grave: 658.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
01.12.1939: Offiziersanwärter
01.11.1940: Fähnrich zur See
01.11.1941: Oberfähnrich zur See
01.04.1942: Leutnant zur See
01.12.1943: Oberleutnant zur See.

Career:
01.12.1939: entered the Kriegsmarine
00.08.1942-00.01.1944: 1. Wachoffizier "U 415"
00.01.1944-00.03.1944: Kommandantenschule, 3. ULD and 23. U-Flottille
01.04.1944-22.11.1944: Kommandant, "U 720"
23.11.1944-00.01.1945: 21. Unterseebootsflottille
00.02.1945: instructor, 1. Unterseeboots-Lehrdivision
08.03.1945-04.05.1945: Kommandant, "U 3033"
14.06.1945: suffered an accidental death in an explosion onboard the ship 'Danube' at Mürwik, Flensburg, Germany

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 23rd, 1941
U-boot Kriegsabzeichen (ohne Brillianten)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 22nd, 1944
U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze

Sources

  • - Research Gerhard Brand

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