Günther Pfeffer

Günther Pfeffer (born October 23, 1914 in Berlin , † April 25, 1966 in Bonn ) was a German submarine commander.

Life

On April 8, 1934, Pfeffer joined the Reichsmarine as an officer candidate . After completing basic and board training as well as numerous courses as an ensign at sea , he passed the officers' main examination. After completing his submarine training, he became the first officer on watch on U 67 in January 1941 .

From June 5 to July 2, 1941, he briefly took over command of U 67 as a substitute. Subsequently, from July 1941 to October 24, 1941, the commanders course took place with the 24th U-Flotilla in Memel and the 7th U-Flotilla in St. Nazaire and the building instruction for U 171 at the warship construction department U-Nord in Bremen . On October 25, 1941, he officially put U 171 into service. The new boat then went to the Baltic Sea for training . The first and only mission took place on May 30, 1942. On the march back from the Gulf of Mexico , on October 9, 1942, the boat ran into a mine in the Bay of Biscay and sank. Pepper was saved.

In November 1942 there was another building instruction. In Bremen at the 6th warship building training department, this building instruction was given for U 170 . He put the boat into service on January 19, 1944. After further training in the Baltic Sea , he carried out three mission trips by July 1944 and then handed over the command to Hans-Gerold Hauber. In August 1944 he briefly took over command of U 548 as a substitute and from November 1944 switched to the higher command of the torpedo schools and the Wehrmacht command in Kiel as training manager .

Günther Pfeffer died on April 25, 1966 at the age of 51 in Bonn . His last rank in the Navy was a lieutenant commander (March 1, 1942). He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class , the Iron Cross 1st Class and the 1939 Submarine War Badge .

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