The Men - U-boat Commanders

Ernst Mangold

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 625 tons

Born	15 Nov 1917		Bodenwerder, Hamelin
Died	16 Oct 1966	(48)	Bremerhaven, Germany

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Ranks

1 Oct 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Dec 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

16 Apr 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1 Oct 1940		Destroyer War Badge
2 Apr 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939
27 Jun 1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
Jun 1944		U-boat Front Clasp
10 Oct 1944		German Cross in Gold
6 Apr 1945		U-boat Front Clasp in Silver

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-739	6 Mar 1943	25 Feb 1945	7 patrols (191 days)

Ernst Mangold died of Leukemia at the age of 48. He was head of water police station at Bremse / Bremen when diagnosed.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.

Patrol info for Ernst Mangold

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-739	1 Jan 1944	Kiel	6 Jan 1944	Bergen		6 days
2.	U-739	8 Jan 1944	Bergen	3 Feb 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	27 days
3.	U-739	21 Feb 1944	Narvik	8 Mar 1944	Trondheim	Patrol 2,	17 days
4.	U-739	27 Mar 1944	Trondheim	29 Mar 1944	Narvik		3 days
5.	U-739	30 Mar 1944	Narvik	13 Apr 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol 3,	15 days
6.	U-739	16 Apr 1944	Bogenbucht	9 May 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol 4,	24 days
7.	U-739	11 May 1944	Bogenbucht	13 May 1944	Trondheim		3 days
8.	U-739	30 Jun 1944	Trondheim	1 Jul 1944	Bogenbucht		2 days
9.	U-739	7 Jul 1944	Bogenbucht	12 Jul 1944	Bogenbucht		6 days
10.	U-739	2 Aug 1944	Bogenbucht	3 Oct 1944	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 5,	63 days
11.	U-739	6 Oct 1944	Skjomenfjord	8 Oct 1944	Trondheim		3 days
12.	U-739	15 Dec 1944	Trondheim	18 Dec 1944	Harstad		4 days
13.	U-739	7 Jan 1945	Harstad	10 Jan 1945	Kilbotn	Patrol 6,	4 days
14.	U-739	16 Jan 1945	Kilbotn	25 Feb 1945	Harstad	Patrol 7,	41 days
7 patrols, 191 days at sea

Ships hit by Ernst Mangold

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
24 Sep 1944	U-739		T-120	625		sj	VD-1
				625
1 ship sunk (625 tons).

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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