Olaf Lübcke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	27 Aug 1919
Died	5 Feb 1979	(59)	Osnabrück, Germany

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-826	11 May 1944	11 May 1945	1 patrol (64 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Olaf Lübcke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-826	25 Feb 1945	Kiel	28 Feb 1945	Horten		4 days
2.	U-826	9 Mar 1945	Horten	11 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	Patrol 1,	64 days

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.