Käding, Walter (U 123)
- Date of birth:
- September 14th, 1915 (Berlin, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 4th, 1991 (Bremen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
00.04.1935: entered the Kriegsmarine
00.05.1935-00.00.1937: served on the light cruiser 'Leipzig', three patrols in Spanish waters during the Civil War in 1936/37
00.09.1939: entered the U-Boot Waffe
00.09.1939-00.04.1940: U-Fahrausbildungslehrgang
00.04.1940-00.05.1940: Baubelehrung U-Boot U-123, Bremen
00.05.1940-00.05.1942: Bootsmann Nr.2 then Nr.1, U-123
00.05.1942-00.11.1942: Obersteuermann Lehrgang, Helmsmann Schule, Gotenhafen
00.11.1942: U-Fahrausbildungslehrgang, Plön
00.12.1942-00.06.1944: Obesteuermann, U-123
00.06.1944-00.08.1944: U-Boot Kommander Lehrgang, 2. U-Flottille
00.08.1944-00.10.1944: Offiziers-Lehrgang, Torpedo-Schule, Mürwik
01.10.1944: promoted to Leutnant zur See
00.10.1944-00.12.1944: Flak and radar Lehrgang, Flensburg-Mürwik
00.12.1945-00.01.1945: training, 19. U-Flottille
09.01.1945-05.02.1945: Leutnant z.S., Kdr p.i., U-56, no war patrols
06.02.1945-03.05.1945: Baubelehrung 'U 4713', Germaniawerft, Kiel
06.02.1945-03.02.1945: commander, type XXIII Elektro U-boat, 'U 4713' - never finished
Credited with almost 700 days on sea
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1939
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obersteurmann (Petty Officer 1st Class)
- Unit:
- Steuermann, Wachoffizier, U-Boot, "U 123", 2. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obersteurmann (Petty Officer 1st Class)
- Unit:
- III. Wachoffizier, Steuermann, U-Boot, U-123
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 9th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Axis Biographical Research
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