| Born | 19 Feb 1918 | Bochum |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-858 | 30 Sep 1943 | 14 May 1945 | 2 patrols (173 days) |
Personal information
Thilo Bode joined the Kriegsmarine in 1936. He served as an officer on the destroyer Z 6 Theodor Riedel from June 1940 to March 1942. Bode then joined the U-boat force and went through training until Sept 1942.
Oblt. Thilo Bode was the First Watch Officer (1WO) on the U-505 from Sept 1942 to March 1943. He then went through U-boat commander course until May 1943. He then returned as the 1WO on U-505 until August 1943.
From Aug to Sept Kptlt. Thilo Bode went through U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) until Sept. He then commissioned the U-858 on 30 Sept 1943. On the boat he went out on 2 patrols. At the end of his second patrol in US waters he surrendered his boat to the US Navy at Cape May, New Jersey, USA on 14 May 1945.
Sources
Busch, R & Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Thilo Bode
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-858 | 12 Jun 1944 | Kiel | 27 Sep 1944 | Farsund | Patrol 1, | 108 days | |
| 2. | U-858 | 28 Sep 1944 | Farsund | 29 Sep 1944 | Marviken | 2 days | ||
| 3. | U-858 | 1 Oct 1944 | Marviken | 4 Oct 1944 | Flensburg | 4 days | ||
| 4. | U-858 | 2 Mar 1945 | Kiel | 9 Mar 1945 | Horten | 8 days | ||
| 5. | U-858 | 11 Mar 1945 | Horten | 14 May 1945 | Cape May, New Jersey, USA | Patrol 2, | 65 days | |
| 2 patrols, 173 days at sea | ||||||||
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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.