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Gerhard Feiler

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)


Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 14.983 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 840 tons
1 ship damaged for a total of 9.382 GRT

Born  6 Sep, 1909Breslau
Died  Jan 1990

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Ranks

8 Apr, 1934Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul, 1935Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1937Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1937Leutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov, 1940Kapitänleutnant
1 Jan, 1945Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
1940Destroyer War Badge
1 Apr, 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
1942Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Feb, 1944German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-65325 May, 1941 - 30 Sep, 1943  6 patrols (385 days) 

Personal information

Gerhard Feiler joined the Kriegsmarine in 1933. He served on the destroyer Z 20 Karl Galster from Oct 1938 to June 1940. He then joined the U-boat training programme in July and finished the training during Jan 1941.

From Jan 1941 to April 1941 he trained as U-boat commander with the 24th and 7th U-boat flotillas. He was then assigned as Baubelehrung (construction) commander before taking command of his type VIIC boat U-653 on 25 May 1941.

He served on the boat for more than 2 years before being sent to shore duty. First he served with the 1st flotilla from Oct 1943 - Jan 1944 but then he spent 3 months as a training officer with the 20th training flotilla. Feiler was the training commander of the 19th flotilla to the end of the war.


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-653 13 Dec, 1941  Kiel 13 Jan, 1942  Brest Patrol,32 days
2. U-653 31 Jan, 1942  Brest 30 Mar, 1942  Brest Patrol,59 days
3. U-653 25 Apr, 1942  Brest 6 Jul, 1942  Brest Patrol,73 days
4. U-653 5 Aug, 1942  Brest 31 Aug, 1942  Brest  27 days
5. U-653 27 Oct, 1942  Brest 29 Dec, 1942  Brest Patrol,64 days
6. U-653 28 Jan, 1943  Brest 31 Mar, 1943  La Pallice Patrol,63 days
7. U-653 10 Jun, 1943  La Pallice 11 Sep, 1943  Brest Patrol,94 days

6 patrols, 385 days at sea

Ships hit by Gerhard Feiler


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
28 Feb, 1942 U-653Leif1.582 nw 
17 May, 1942 U-653Peisander6.225 br 
7 Jun, 1942 U-653USS Gannet (AVP 8)840 am 
 
24 Feb, 1943 U-653Madoera9.382 nl ON-166 damaged
12 Mar, 1943 U-653Thomas Hooker7.176 am ON-168 
 25.205

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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