August-Wilhelm Claussen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  13 Mar 1919 Flensburg
Died  28 Oct 1944(25)North Atlantic


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938 Seekadett
1 Apr 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945 Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

Decorations

1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class
28 Oct 1941 Fleet War Badge
1941 Minesweeper War Badge

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-1226 24 Nov 1943 28 Oct 1944  (+)  1 patrol (29 days) 

Patrol info for August-Wilhelm Claussen

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-1226 23 Sep 1944  Kiel  26 Sep 1944  Horten   4 days
2. U-1226 30 Sep 1944  Horten  28 Oct 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,29 days


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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