Paul-Friedrich Otto

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

Successes
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,370 tons

Born

3 Apr 1917

Waren, Müritz

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1944		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
19 Apr 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-270	5 Sep 1942	25 Jun 1944	5 patrols (144 days)
U-2525	12 Dec 1944	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Paul-Friedrich Otto

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-270	23 Mar 1943	Kiel	15 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	54 days
2.	U-270	26 Jun 1943	St. Nazaire	2 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	7 days
3.	U-270	24 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	25 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire		2 days
4.	U-270	7 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	6 Oct 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	30 days
5.	U-270	8 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	17 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	41 days
6.	U-270	6 Jun 1944	St. Nazaire	17 Jun 1944	Lorient	Patrol 5,	12 days
5 patrols, 144 days at sea

Ships hit by Paul-Friedrich Otto

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
20 Sep 1943	U-270	HMS Lagan (K 259) (t.)	1,370	br	ON-202
	1,370
1 ship sunk (1,370 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

20 Sep 1943

U-270

HMS Lagan (K 259) (t.)

1,370

ON-202

1,370

1 ship sunk (1,370 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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.