Friedrich Braeucker

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Friedrich Braeucker (born  July 13, 1919 in Munich ; †  November 5, 2010 ) was a German naval officer and submarine commander in World War II .

Life

Before the war

On April 3, 1937, he joined the Navy as an officer candidate and completed basic and on-board training as well as various courses in the period up to October 1939. On September 21, 1937 he was promoted to sea ​​cadet , on May 1, 1938 to ensign in the sea , on July 1, 1939 to senior ensign in the sea and finally on August 1, 1939 to lieutenant in the sea .

During the war

From November 1939 to March 1940 he served in the 9th ship master department in Stralsund and the torpedo school in Flensburg-Mürwik . He received the Iron Cross II. Class (EK II) and served from 1940 to 1943 in the 1st Torpedo Boat Flotilla and the 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla . During this time he was promoted to first lieutenant on September 1, 1941 , and was awarded the Schnellboot War Badge in the same year . He served two years as a speedboat - Commander , and led missions in the English Channel by. In 1943 he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class (EK I).

From August 1943 he went through submarine training and completed the commanders course. In April 1944 he joined the 6th warships teaching department in Bremen the Baubelehrung for U 889 , one in the same month overflowed from the stack submarine of type IX C / 40 . On August 4, 1944, U 889 was put into service under Friedrich Braeucker , who was promoted to lieutenant captain on July 1, 1944 . Until March 14, 1945, the boat and crew completed front training in the Baltic Sea with the 4th U-Flotilla , a training flotilla stationed in Stettin . Now from 15 March 1945, it was under the front of the boat of Lieutenant Commander Günter Kuhnke in (1912-1990) Flensburg -run 33. U-Flotilla .

Braeucker (with a white cap second from the left in the circle of Canadian officers) hands over his boat to the Canadian Navy ( RCN) on May 13, 1945 . The laid down snorkel is clearly visible to the right of the tower, while the RCN flag is being hoisted on the bridge .

Under his commanding officer, the boat left Kiel on March 26, 1945 and moved to Horten in Norway . It arrived there on March 30th and then carried out snorkeling exercises in the Oslofjord . On April 2, 1945, it ran from Horten on its first and only patrol. After additions in Kristiansand , it operated in the North Atlantic , off the east coast of Canada and near Newfoundland . Enemy ships were neither sunk nor damaged. After 41 days at sea, he surrendered with his boat on May 13, 1945 in the Canadian port of Shelburne ( Nova Scotia ) near Halifax .

After the war

Friedrich Braeucker was captured by the Royal Canadian Navy , initially remained in Canadian captivity before he was transferred to the United Kingdom . He was released in December 1948 and returned to Germany . He later joined the newly established Navy of the German Armed Forces and went out of service with the rank of sea ​​captain . He died at the age of 91.

Web links

Photos showing Friedrich Braeucker on May 13, 1945

more details

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ uboatarchive.net (English), accessed on June 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ ubootarchiv.de , accessed on June 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ uboat.net (English), accessed on June 20, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Braeucker, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2010