| Born | 7 Nov 1893 | Weimar | |
| Died | 24 Jul 1943 | (49) | north-west of Cape Ortegal |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-2 | 6 Aug 1940 | Oct, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-459 | 15 Nov 1941 | 24 Jul 1943 (+) | 6 patrols (297 days) |
Personal information
Kapitänleutnant Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf was one of the oldest U-boat commanders of WWII to depart on patrol when he took his boat, the Milk Cow U-459, out from Helgoland, Germany on 29 March 1942. He was 48 years old at the time. He would bring his boat safely back to base on 5 patrols before being forced to scuttle on his 6th.
When his boat, the Milk Cow U-459, was fatally damaged by 2 Wellington aircraft (and 18 Germans from it dead already) Wilamowitz-Möllendorf ordered his men to abandon ship and saluted them as they rowed away in dinghies and went below to open the scuttling vents. He went down with this boat.
His men were picked up the Polish destroyer Orkan about 7 hours later.
Patrol info for Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-459 | 21 Mar 1942 | Kiel | 22 Mar 1942 | Helgoland | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-459 | 29 Mar 1942 | Helgoland | 15 May 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 48 days | |
| 3. | U-459 | 6 Jun 1942 | St. Nazaire | 19 Jul 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 44 days | |
| 4. | U-459 | 18 Aug 1942 | St. Nazaire | 4 Nov 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 79 days | |
| 5. | U-459 | 20 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire | 7 Mar 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol 4, | 78 days | |
| 6. | U-459 | 20 Apr 1943 | Bordeaux | 3 Jun 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol 5, | 45 days | |
| 7. | U-459 | 22 Jul 1943 | Bordeaux | 24 Jul 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 6, | 3 days | |
| 6 patrols, 297 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf
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