Friedrich Bothe

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	1 Jul 1917		Diemeringen, Alsace
Died	7 May 1943	(25)	Gibraltar

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 May 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

Dec 1939		U-boat War Badge 1939
18 Jan 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-5	28 Mar 1941	6 Jan 1942	No war patrols
U-101	4 Feb 1942	31 Mar 1942	No war patrols
U-447	11 Jul 1942	7 May 1943 (+)	2 patrols (44 days)

Patrol info for Friedrich Bothe

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-447	20 Feb 1943	Kiel	24 Mar 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	33 days
2.	U-447	27 Apr 1943	Brest	7 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	11 days
2 patrols, 44 days at sea

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.