Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew I/40)
| Successes 1 warship damaged for a total of 56 tons |
| Born | 14 Aug, 1910 | Wienmoos, Flensburg |
| Died | 15 Nov, 1944 | Gulf of Finland |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-479 | 9 Jun, 1944 | Kiel | 10 Jun, 1944 | Arendal | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 2. | U-479 | 28 Jun, 1944 | Arendal | 29 Jun, 1944 | Kiel | Patrol, | 2 days |
| 3. | U-479 | 8 Jul, 1944 | Kiel | 11 Jul, 1944 | Helsinki | 4 days | |
| 4. | U-479 | 13 Jul, 1944 | Helsinki | 25 Jul, 1944 | Esplanade | 13 days | |
| 5. | U-479 | 27 Jul, 1944 | Esplanade | 1 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | 6 days | |
| 6. | U-479 | 3 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | 11 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 7. | U-479 | 16 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | 25 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | Patrol, | 10 days |
| 8. | U-479 | 30 Aug, 1944 | Helsinki | 23 Sep, 1944 | Danzig | Patrol, | 25 days |
| 9. | U-479 | 27 Oct, 1944 | Danzig | 15 Nov, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 6 patrols, 68 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 18 Jul, 1944 | U-479 | MO-304 | 56 | | sj | damaged | |
| 56 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

