Swientek, Paul ('U-867')

Date of birth:: December 8th, 1916 (Barleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

16.11.1939-14.04.1941: served on the 'U 65'
15.04.1941-07.07.1941: seved on the 'U 701'
28.04.1941: 'U-65' was sunk n the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland in position 59.51N, 15.30W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Douglas
08.07.1941-27.03.1942: served on the 'U 161'
07.07.1942: 'U-701' was sunk in an air attack by aerial depth-charged off of Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina
18.09.1943: Baubelehrung for 'U 867'
27.09.1943: 'U-161' was sunk in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil, off Bahia, by depth charges from Mariner P-2 of US Navy Squadron VP-74
12.12.1943-16.01.45: served on the 'U 867'
19.09.1944: 'U-867' was sunk in the North Sea northwest of Bergen by depth charges from the Liberator Q of British RAF Squadron 224
17.01.1945-08.05.1945: served in the 5. Unterseeboots-Flottille

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