Harpe, von, Richard (U-3519)
- Date of birth:
- August 19th, 1917 (Tartu/Tartumaa, Estonia)
- Date of death:
- March 2nd, 1945 (Warnow mouth/Rostock, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Crew of 1937b
Promotions:
09.10.1937: Offiziersanwärter
28.06.1938: Seekadett
01.04.1939: Fähnrich zur See
01.03.1940: Oberfähnrich zur See
01.05.1940: Leutnant zur See
01.04.1942: Oberleutnant zur See
01.01.1945: Kapitänleutnant
Career:
00.04.1940-00.07.1941: W.O., 6. Minensuch-Flottille
00.07.1941-00.06.1942: 1. W.O., 1. Minensuch-Flottille
00.10.1942-00.05.1943: 1.W.O., U-108 : 3 patrols 115 days at sea
00.07.1943-00.07.1944: Kdt, U-129: 4 patrols 276 days at sea
00.01.1945-00.03.1945: Kdt, U-3519: no war patrols
02.03.1945: KIA with U-3519 in the Warnow mouth in distict Rostock situated in the Baltic sea
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 29th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant, "U 129", 2. Unterseebootflottille, Kriegsmarine
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Ralf Schnitzler
- Photo: Ralf Schnitzler
- Kapitänleutnant Richard von Harpe - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net - - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- HMA
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