Ulrich Pietsch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,350 tons

Born	5 Dec 1915		Laurahütte, Upper Silesia
Died	22 Aug 1944	(28)	Barents Sea

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
31 Aug 1944		German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-344	26 Mar 1943	22 Aug 1944 (+)	3 patrols (67 days)

Crew of 1936

Ulrich Pietsch was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.

Pietsch was assigned to serve with the Luftwaffe prewar and early in World War II. He served as an aviation officer (observer) on the cruiser Admiral Scheer during its October 1940 - April 1941 cruise.

Patrol info for Ulrich Pietsch

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-344	27 Apr 1944	Kiel	1 May 1944	Flekkefjord		5 days
2.	U-344	14 May 1944	Flekkefjord	15 May 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-344	20 May 1944	Bergen	27 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	8 days
4.	U-344	31 May 1944	Narvik	8 Jul 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol 2,	39 days
5.	U-344	3 Aug 1944	Bogenbucht	22 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 3,	20 days
3 patrols, 67 days at sea

Ships hit by Ulrich Pietsch

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
21 Aug 1944	U-344	HMS Kite (U 87)	1,350	br	JW-59
	1,350
1 ship sunk (1,350 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

21 Aug 1944

U-344

HMS Kite (U 87)

1,350

JW-59

1,350

1 ship sunk (1,350 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.