Theodor Petersen
Oberleutnant zur See
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| Born | 14 Jan 1914 | Flensburg | |
| Died | 25 Mar 1999 | (85) |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-612 | 31 May 1943 | 20 Feb 1944 | No war patrols |
| U-874 | 8 Apr 1944 | 9 May 1945 | No war patrols |
Theodor Petersen, possibly promoted to officer status during the war, did not belong to Crew 34. He may have been belatedly attached to the Crew for administrative purposes by the Navy’s personnel office, but he did not share the common training experience of the Crew’s regular members, nor did he participate in any Crew events such as reunions after the war (Rust, 2009).
Petersen served under Wolfgang Luth for some three years, which included U-181's first Southern oceans cruise. In late 1941 he was still a rating, albeit 3rd Watch Officer, on U-43. In October 1942 he was a Leutnant zur See, the rank shown on his 'Crossing the Equator' certificate reproduced in Jordan Vause's excellent book "U boat Ace, the story of Wolfgang Luth". He left U-181 in January 1943. Petersen was a major source of information for Vause's book and is quoted frequently in its text.
Sources
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.
Patrol info for Theodor Petersen
This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.
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