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Schünemann, Horst (U 621)

Date of birth:
January 2nd, 1914 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
September 13th, 1996 (Schleswig/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
April 8th, 1934: Offiziersanwärter;
July 1st, 1935: Fähnrich zur See;
January 1st, 1937: Oberfähnrich zur See;
April 1st, 1937: Leutnant zur See;
April 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant zur See;
April 1st, 1942: Kapitänleutnant.

Career:
April 8th, 1934: Grund- und Bordausbildung, Reichsmarine;
?: Fähnrichtlehrgang;
August 1939: Wachoffizier, 6. Torpedobootsflottille;
April 1940: U-bootsausbildung;
November 1940: Baubelehrung U 71, U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel;
December 14th, 1940: 1. Wachoffizier, U 71;
November 20th, 1941: Kommandant U 62;
April 13th, 1942: Baubelehrung U 621, 8. Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung, Hamburg;
May 7th, 1942 - 4 december 1942: Kommandant U 621;
December 1943: zuf Verfügung, 9. Ubootsflottille, Brest;
September 1943: Stab, 23. Ubootsflottille, Danzig;
February 1945: Lazerett, Reinfeld;
? - April 11th, 1946: POW.

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