| Born | 13 Mar 1916 | Bremen | |
| Died | 12 Nov 1943 | (27) | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-80 | 8 Apr 1941 | 5 Oct 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-508 | 20 Oct 1941 | 12 Nov 1943 (+) | 6 patrols (294 days) |
Personal information
Georg Staats began his naval career in April 1935. He served on the light cruiser Karlsruhe and the battle cruiser Gneisenau before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1939. He served in 1939 and 1940 as watch officer on U-5 and U A. In April 1941 he commissioned the Type VIIC U-boat U-80 and commanded this school boat until October 1941.
Fourteen days after leaving U-80 he commissioned the much larger U-508. He led her on six successful patrols in the North and mid-Atlantic, as well as in Caribbean waters.
Georg Staats was lost along with the entire crew of U-508 when the boat was sunk on 12 November, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain by bombs from an American Liberator aircraft.
Patrol info for Georg Staats
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-508 | 25 Jun 1942 | Kiel | 15 Sep 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 83 days | |
| 2. | U-508 | 17 Oct 1942 | Lorient | 6 Jan 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 82 days | |
| 3. | U-508 | 22 Feb 1943 | Lorient | 15 Mar 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 22 days | |
| 4. | U-508 | 29 May 1943 | Lorient | 31 May 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 3 days | |
| 5. | U-508 | 7 Jun 1943 | Lorient | 14 Sep 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 5, | 100 days | |
| 6. | U-508 | 1 Nov 1943 | Lorient | 3 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | ||
| 7. | U-508 | 9 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 12 Nov 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 6, | 4 days | |
| 6 patrols, 294 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Georg Staats
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 12 Aug, 1942 | U-508 | Manzanillo | 1,025 |  | cu | SpecCon-12 | |
| 12 Aug, 1942 | U-508 | Santiago de Cuba | 1,685 | | cu | SpecCon-12 | |
| 7 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Lindenhall | 5,248 |  | br | TAG-19 | |
| 7 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 7,176 |  | am | TAG-19 | |
| 17 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | City of Corinth | 5,318 | | br | ||
| 27 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Clan Macfayden | 6,191 | | br | ||
| 28 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Empire Cromwell | 5,970 | | br | ||
| 1 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Trevalgan | 5,299 | | br | ||
| 2 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | City of Bath | 5,079 | | br | ||
| 3 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Solon II | 4,561 | | br | ||
| 9 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Nigerian | 5,423 | | br | ||
| 9 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | De la Salle | 8,400 | | br | ST-71 | |
| 9 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | Manchester Citizen | 5,343 | | br | ST-71 | |
| 18 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | Incomati | 7,369 | | br | ||
| 74,087 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.