| Born | 25 Apr 1915 | Wesermünde |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-1272 | 29 Jan 1944 | 2 Jul 1944 | No war patrols |
| U-3016 | 5 Jan 1945 | 2 May 1945 | No war patrols |
Bernhard Meentzen joined the Kriegsmarine in 1938. From July 1941 to March 1943 he served with Naval Flak School 1. In March 1943 he joined the U-boat force and began his U-boat training - and then his U-boat Commander training - finishing his courses in Dec 1943.
Oblt. Meentzen began his U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) in Dec 1943 and finished when he commissioned the new type VIIC/41 U-1272 on 29 Jan 1944. With this boat he trained in the Baltic as part of the 8th Flotilla. He left the boat on 2 July 1944.
In August 1944 Oblt. Meentzen began his courses and U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) for the new type XXI Elektro boats. On 5 Jan 1945 he then commissioned the new boat U-3016. When the was drew to a close his boat was still being worked up with the 4th flotilla (training) and had not reached operational status. Oblt. Meentzen scuttled his boat on 2 May, 1945 at Travemünde (see Operation Regenbogen).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Ships hit by Bernhard Meentzen
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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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