Born | 23 Jan 1922 | Tetschen, Elbe | |
Died | 20 Apr 1945 | (23) | Neubrandenburg area |
Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-1194 | 21 Oct 1943 | 11 Oct 1944 | No war patrols |
U-704 | 19 Dec 1944 | 24 Mar 1945 | No war patrols |
He left his last command U-704 on 24 March 1945 due to illness. He was transferred to U-boat training command 1st ULD where he served until his death.
Missing in action in Neubrandenburg area after 20 April 1945, probably involved in infantry combat in Southern Mecklenburg and northern Brandenburg areas.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Gerhard Nolte
This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.
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.
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