| Born | 26 Jun 1916 | Neustrelitz | |
| Died | 6 Feb 1999 | (82) | Kirchbarkau, Schleswig-Holstein. |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-121 | 26 Mar 1942 | 19 Apr 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-46 | 20 Apr 1942 | May, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-101 | May, 1942 | 25 Oct 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-650 | 26 Nov 1942 | 13 Jul 1943 | 1 patrol (72 days) |
| U-267 | 14 Jul 1943 | 26 Nov 1943 | 1 patrol (55 days) |
| U-650 | 27 Nov 1943 | 30 Jun 1944 | 2 patrols (79 days) |
| U-2524 | 16 Jan 1945 | 3 May 1945 | No war patrols |
| U-1007 | Apr, 1945 | 2 May 1945 | No war patrols |
3 Officers probably sharing a good story. From left to right; Oblt. Ernst Witendorff, then WO Burchard and finally Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer.
After the war
In 1956 von Witzendorff joined the Bundesmarine, the post-war West-German navy. From Jan 1969 to Sept 1972 Ernst von Witzendorff commanded the famous German naval school ship Gorch Fock. Later he was the Speaker of Merchant shipping association in Hamburg (Marine für die Handelsschiffahrt).
Sources
Kommandanten der GORCH FOCK. http://www.esys.org/gofo/gorch_06.html
Patrol info for Ernst von Witzendorff
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-650 | 10 Apr 1943 | Kiel | 13 Apr 1943 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 2. | U-650 | 18 Apr 1943 | Bergen | 28 Jun 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 72 days | |
| 3. | U-267 | 14 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | ||
| 4. | U-267 | 18 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 19 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 2 days | ||
| 5. | U-267 | 22 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 24 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | ||
| 6. | U-267 | 26 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 28 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | ||
| 7. | U-267 | 3 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | 26 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 55 days | |
| 8. | U-650 | 25 Dec 1943 | St. Nazaire | 27 Dec 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 3 days | |
| 9. | U-650 | 29 Dec 1943 | St. Nazaire | 31 Dec 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 3 days | |
| 10. | U-650 | 1 Jan 1944 | St. Nazaire | 2 Mar 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 62 days | |
| 11. | U-650 | 6 Jun 1944 | St. Nazaire | 16 Jun 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol 4, | 11 days | |
| 4 patrols, 206 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Ernst von Witzendorff
No entries found.
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