Eduard Turre

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)


Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 672 tons

Born  31 Jan 1920 Odenheim, Bruchsal, Baden
Died  24 Dec 1998(78)


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Aug 1940 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-868 22 Jul 1944 9 May 1945   2 patrols (57 days) 

Patrol info for Eduard Turre

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-868 5 Jan 1945  Kiel  9 Jan 1945  Horten   5 days
2. U-868 21 Jan 1945  Horten  18 Feb 1945  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,29 days
3. U-868 14 Mar 1945  St. Nazaire  10 Apr 1945  Kristiansand  Patrol 2,28 days
4. U-868 14 Apr 1945  Kristiansand  17 Apr 1945  Bergen   4 days
2 patrols, 57 days at sea

Ships hit by Eduard Turre

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
17 Mar 1945U-868 HMCS Guysborough (J 52)672ca
 672

1 ship sunk (672 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.


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.

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


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German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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