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Meier, Alfred ('U-3012')

Date of birth:
December 31st, 1907 (Seesen, Gandersheim)
Date of death:
December 25th, 1992
Nationality:
German

Biography

VII/1939

00.03.1940-00.11.1942: Steuermannsmaat then WO, 11. U-Boot-Jagd-Flottille
00.11.1942-00.05.1943: U-Fahrausbildungslehrgang
00.06.1943-00.11.1944: Leutnant zur See der Reserve, 1. WO, U 183
01.06.1944: promoted to Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve
25.11.1944-00.02.1945: Olt z.S. d.R., Kdt, UIT 25, Ex Italian U-Boot 'Luigi TORELLI'
01.05.1945-03.05.1945: Olt z.S. d.R., Kdt, U-3012, 4. Unterseebootsflottille (training)
03.05.1945: 'U-3012' was scuttled at Travemünde and her wreck was broken up
10.05.1945: UIT 25 was renamed I-504 at Kobe, Japan
00.08.1945: I-504 captured by the US troops at the Kawasaki arsenal in Kobe
15.04.1946: I-504 was sunk at Kii Suido (strait) by U.S. T.F. 96.5

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant zu See der Reserve
Unit:
Kdt, UIT 25
Awarded on:
April 3rd, 1945
U-Boots-Frontspange in Silber

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