| Born | 24 Oct, 1916 | Düsseldorf |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-97 | May, 1942 | - | 15 Oct, 1942 | 2 patrols (34 days) |
| U-205 | 19 Oct, 1942 | - | 17 Feb, 1943 | 3 patrols (62 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-97 | 15 Jun, 1942 | La Spezia | 4 Jul, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 2. | U-97 | 22 Jul, 1942 | Salamis | 4 Aug, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 3. | U-97 | 20 Aug, 1942 | Salamis | 29 Aug, 1942 | La Spezia | 10 days | |
| 4. | U-205 | 20 Oct, 1942 | Pola | 19 Nov, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 5. | U-205 | 20 Nov, 1942 | La Spezia | 24 Nov, 1942 | Pola | 5 days | |
| 6. | U-205 | 12 Jan, 1943 | Pola | 26 Jan, 1943 | Salamis | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 7. | U-205 | 2 Feb, 1943 | Salamis | 17 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 5 patrols, 96 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Friedrich Bürgel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Jun, 1942 | U-97 | Memas | 1.755 |  | gr | Metril | |
| 28 Jun, 1942 | U-97 | Zealand | 1.433 |  | br | Metril | |
| 1 Jul, 1942 | U-97 | Marilyse Moller | 786 | | br | ||
| 3.974 | |||||||
* 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.