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The Men - The Commander listing

Adolf Oelrich

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 17.612 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 9.348 GRT

Born

15 Mar, 1916

Kiel

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Adolf Oelrich
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Ranks

1 Dec, 1942

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

3 Mar, 1942

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Aug, 1943

4 patrols (215 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-92	12 Aug, 1942	Kiel	25 Sep, 1942	Brest	Patrol	45 days
2.	U-92	24 Oct, 1942	Brest	28 Dec, 1942	Brest	Patrol	66 days
3.	U-92	6 Feb, 1943	Brest	5 Mar, 1943	Brest	Patrol	28 days
4.	U-92	12 Apr, 1943	Brest	26 Jun, 1943	Brest	Patrol	76 days

Ships hit by Adolf Oelrich

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
16 Nov, 1942	U-92	Clan Mactaggart	7.622		br	MKS-1X

21 Feb, 1943	U-92	Empire Trader	9.990		br	ON-166
22 Feb, 1943	U-92	N.T. Nielsen-Alonso	9.348		nw	ON-166	damaged
			26.960
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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