Karl Jäckel
Obersteuermann (Navy since 1937)
Born | 20 December, 1912 | Gladbeck/ Westfalen |
Died | 7 December, 1984 | Gladbeck/ Westfalen |
Karl Jäckel after his decoration |
Decorations: Iron Cross 2nd class (EK II): Ubootskriegsabzeichen 1939 : Iron Cross 1st class (EK I) 28/10/1944 : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (-444-) : U-Bootsfrontspange 08/05/1945 : Knights Cross (-144-) |
U-boat Career |
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U-29 | VIIA | Steuermann, 4 patrols, 129 days | 04.40 - 10.41 |
U-160 | IXC | Steuermann, 4 patrol, 321 days | 10.41 - 06.43(?) |
U-907 | VIIC | Steuermann, 2 patrol, 86 days | 05.44 - 05.45 |
Karl Jäckel joined the Navy in April 1937 at the age of 23. Since April 1940 he rode on U-29 under the command of Kptlt. Schuhart. When the first watch officer Georg Lassen left the U-29 and commissioned U-160 he requested that Karl Jäckel would follow him which he did. He was then for 4 patrols on board and luckily left the U-boat along with Georg Lassen, before U-160 was sunk a month later. Georg Lassen called him his "number one man".
In 1944 he became the Obersteuermann on the type VIIC U-boat U-907. After the surrender Karl Jäckel was one of the crew members that had to bring the U-boat to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.
Source
Dörr, Manfred
Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Bootwaffe
Band 1. A - J
Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1988
ISBN 3-7648-1153-6