Erwin Manchen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
1 ship damaged for a total of 8,537 GRT

Born  18 Jun 1918 Königsberg, East Prussia
Died  30 Apr 1945(26)off US coast, Cape Hatteras

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Erwin Manchen
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Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-879 19 Apr 1944 30 Apr 1945  (+)  1 patrol (79 days) 

Patrol info for Erwin Manchen


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-879 27 Jan 1945  Kiel  31 Jan 1945  Horten   5 days
2. U-879 9 Feb 1945  Horten  10 Feb 1945  Kristiansand   2 days
3. U-879 11 Feb 1945  Kristiansand  30 Apr 1945  Sunk  Patrol 1,79 days

Ships hit by Erwin Manchen

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
5 Apr 1945U-879 Atlantic States (d.)8,537am
 8,537

1 ship damaged (8,537 tons).

Legend
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(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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.

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