The Men - U-boat Commanders

Günther Lube

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  19 Oct 1920 Brunswick
Died   2011(90)Schleswig, Germany


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Sep 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-139 28 Dec 1943 3 Jul 1944   No war patrols 
U-552 11 Jul 1944 Feb 1945   No war patrols 

After the war he joined the post-war German Navy, Bundesmarine, and later retired as Kapitän zur See (e. Captain).

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.

Patrol info for Günther Lube

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


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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