Friedrich-August Greus

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  27 Apr 1921 Puschkau, Silesia


Ranks

16 Sep 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-737 25 Nov 1944 19 Dec 1944   1 patrol (7 days) 
U-716 22 Jan 1945 12 Feb 1945   1 patrol (7 days) (Acting CO)

Patrol info for Friedrich-August Greus

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-737 13 Dec 1944  Trondheim  19 Dec 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,7 days
2. U-716 27 Jan 1945  Bogenbucht  27 Jan 1945  Kilbotn   1 days
3. U-716 3 Feb 1945  Kilbotn  4 Feb 1945  Narvik   2 days
4. U-716 6 Feb 1945  Narvik  12 Feb 1945  Harstad  Patrol 2,7 days
2 patrols, 14 days at sea


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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