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Geider, Horst ('U-761')

Date of birth:
September 7th, 1918 (Stuttgart, German Empire)
Date of death:
March 23rd, 1993
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
03.04.1937: Offiziersanwärter
21.09.1937: Seekadett
01.05.1938: Fähnrich zur See
01.07.1939: Oberfähnrich zur See
01.08.1939: Leutnant zur See
01.09.1941: Oberleutnant zur See

Career
Crew 1937-a
16.01.1942-09.11.1942: Kdr U-61
03.12.1942-24.02.1944: Kdr U-761
24.02.1944: POW

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1941
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

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