| Born | 30 Apr 1917 | Potsdam | |
| Died | 5 Jun 2002 | (85) | Esslingen, Germany |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-523 | 25 Jun 1942 | 25 Aug 1943 | 4 patrols (85 days) |
Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.
Patrol info for Werner Pietzsch
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-523 | 9 Feb 1943 | Kiel | 16 Apr 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 67 days | |
| 2. | U-523 | 22 May 1943 | Lorient | 26 May 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 5 days | |
| 3. | U-523 | 1 Aug 1943 | Lorient | 3 Aug 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 3 days | |
| 4. | U-523 | 16 Aug 1943 | Lorient | 25 Aug 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 10 days | |
| 4 patrols, 85 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Werner Pietzsch
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 19 Mar 1943 | U-523 |  | Mathew Luckenbach | 5,848 |  | am | HX-229 | |
| 5,848 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (5,848 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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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