Paul Büchel
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 25)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 6.697 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 17.525 GRT |
| Born | 3 Aug, 1907 | Greifenberg, Pomerania |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-32 | 16 Aug, 1937 | - | 11 Feb, 1940 | 3 patrols (58 days) |
| U-860 | 12 Aug, 1943 | - | 15 Jun, 1944 | 1 patrol (66 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-32 | 27 Aug, 1939 | Memel | 1 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 6 days |
| 2. | U-32 | 5 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | 30 Sep, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 3. | U-32 | 28 Dec, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 22 Jan, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 4. | U-860 | 11 Apr, 1944 | Kiel | 15 Jun, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 66 days |
| 4 patrols, 124 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Paul Büchel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 18 Sep, 1939 | U-32 | Kensington Court | 4.863 |  | br | ||
| 28 Sep, 1939 | U-32 | Jern | 875 |  | nw | ||
| 5 Oct, 1939 | U-32 | Marwarri [Mine] | 8.063 | | br | damaged | |
| 6 Oct, 1939 | U-32 | Lochgoil [Mine] | 9.462 | | br | damaged | |
| 31 Dec, 1939 | U-32 | Luna | 959 | | nw | ||
| 24.222 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.