Walter Flachsenberg
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 29)
Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 38,894 GRT |
| Born | 26 Oct 1908 | | Mönchen-Gladbach |
| Died | 3 Nov 1994 | (86) | |
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| 1 Apr 1929 | Offiziersanwärter | | 1 Jan 1931 | Fähnrich zur See | | 1 Apr 1933 | Oberfähnrich zur See | | 1 Oct 1933 | Leutnant zur See | | 1 Jun 1935 | Oberleutnant zur See | | 1 Aug 1938 | Kapitänleutnant | | 1 Jul 1942 | Korvettenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-71 | 14 Dec 1940 | 3 Jul 1942 | 6 patrols (191 days) |
Patrol info for Walter Flachsenberg
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
| 1. |
U-71 |
14 Jun 1941 | Kiel |
2 Jul 1941 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 1, | 19 days | |
| 2. |
U-71 |
2 Aug 1941 | St. Nazaire |
7 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 2, | 37 days | |
| 3. |
U-71 |
29 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire |
31 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 3, | 33 days | |
| 4. |
U-71 |
29 Nov 1941 | St. Nazaire |
5 Dec 1941 | St. Nazaire |
| 7 days | |
| 5. |
U-71 |
18 Dec 1941 | St. Nazaire |
21 Jan 1942 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 4, | 35 days | |
| 6. |
U-71 |
23 Feb 1942 | St. Nazaire |
20 Apr 1942 | La Pallice |
Patrol 5, | 57 days | |
| 7. |
U-71 |
4 Jun 1942 | La Pallice |
6 Jun 1942 | La Pallice |
| 3 days | |
| 8. |
U-71 |
11 Jun 1942 | La Pallice |
20 Jun 1942 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 6, | 10 days | |
| 6 patrols, 191 days at sea | |
Ships hit by Walter Flachsenberg
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.
