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Georg-Wilhelm Schulz

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
19 ships sunk for a total of 89.886 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 3.900 GRT

Born	10 Mar, 1906	Cologne
Died	5 Jul, 1986	Hamburg

Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Schulz

Ranks

1 Jan, 1934	Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep, 1935	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1937	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1939	Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr, 1943	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

6 Jun, 1939	Spanish Cross
23 Dec, 1939	U-boat War Badge 1939
25 Sep, 1940	Iron Cross 2nd Class
25 Sep, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
4 Apr, 1941	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-10	5 Jan, 1939	-	15 Oct, 1939	2 patrols (33 days)
U-64	16 Dec, 1939	-	13 Apr, 1940	1 patrol (8 days)
U-124	11 Jun, 1940	-	7 Sep, 1941	5 patrols (222 days)

Personal information

The newly decorated Kapitänleutnant Schulz after his 3rd patrol with U-124
See also Dönitz and his aces

Wilhelm Schulz began his Navy career, like Jost Metzler and Günther Prien, after a long time (ten years) in the merchant marine, where he spent some years on sailing ships. In October 1933 he joined the Kriegsmarine as HSO, Handelschiffoffizier (merchant ship officer).

On 27 September, 1935 he joined the U-boat arm, making him one of those officers who received a solid pre-war training. In January 1939 he got his first command, and with U-10 he completed two short patrols in the autumn of 1939. After the usual 'Baubelehrung' he commissioned U-64 on 16 Dec, 1939. Her first patrol took place in Norwegian waters in April 1940, but the boat was sunk on 13 April, 1940 by bombs from a British aircraft. Kptlt. Schulz was among the 40 survivors.

$\"Wilhelm$ Kptlt. Schulz on the conning tower

Two months later Schulz commissioned U-124, also a Type IXB. He achieved especially notable success on his fourth patrol, where he sank 11 ships for a total of 52,379 tons and damaged two more. Schulz left the boat in September 1941. Some of the U-124's watch officers at that time later became great aces themselves. These include Hardegen, Henke and Mohr.

Kptlt. Schulz became the commander of the 6th Flotilla, first in Danzig, then in St. Nazaire. In October 1943 Korvkpt. Schulz was attached to the Staff of the 'FdU Ausbildungsflottillen' (Commander Training flotillas) in Gotenhafen. Here he was the A I (first admiral staff officer) and was also the leader of the 'Erprobungsgruppe U-Boote' (U-boat testing group), where the new boat types (XXI and XXIII) were tested. On 22 April, 1945 he became the last commander of the 25th Flotilla.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-10	7 Sep, 1939	Kiel	19 Sep, 1939	Kiel	Patrol,	13 days
2.	U-10	26 Sep, 1939	Kiel	15 Oct, 1939	Kiel	Patrol,	20 days
3.	U-64	6 Apr, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	13 Apr, 1940	Sunk	Patrol,	8 days
4.	U-124	19 Aug, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	16 Sep, 1940	Lorient	Patrol,	29 days
5.	U-124	5 Oct, 1940	Lorient	13 Nov, 1940	Lorient	Patrol,	40 days
6.	U-124	16 Dec, 1940	Lorient	22 Jan, 1941	Lorient	Patrol,	38 days
7.	U-124	23 Feb, 1941	Lorient	1 May, 1941	Lorient	Patrol,	68 days
8.	U-124	10 Jul, 1941	Lorient	25 Aug, 1941	Lorient	Patrol,	47 days
					8 patrols, 263 days at sea

Ships hit by Georg-Wilhelm Schulz

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
25 Aug, 1940	U-124	Fircrest	5.394		br	HX-65A
25 Aug, 1940	U-124	Harpalyce	5.169		br	HX-65A
25 Aug, 1940	U-124	Stakesby	3.900		br	HX-65A	damaged
16 Oct, 1940	U-124	Trevisa	1.813		ca	SC-7
20 Oct, 1940	U-124	Cubano	5.810		nw	OB-229
20 Oct, 1940	U-124	Sulaco	5.389		br	OB-229
31 Oct, 1940	U-124	Rutland	1.437		br	HX-82
1 Nov, 1940	U-124	Empire Bison	5.612		br	HX-82

6 Jan, 1941	U-124	Empire Thunder	5.965		br	OB-269
8 Mar, 1941	U-124	Hindpool	4.897		br	SL-67
8 Mar, 1941	U-124	Lahore	5.304		br	SL-67
8 Mar, 1941	U-124	Nardana	7.974		br	SL-67
8 Mar, 1941	U-124	Tielbank	5.984		br	SL-67
30 Mar, 1941	U-124	Umona	3.767		br
4 Apr, 1941	U-124	Marlene	6.507		br
7 Apr, 1941	U-124	Portadoc	1.746		ca
8 Apr, 1941	U-124	Tweed	2.697		br	OG-57
11 Apr, 1941	U-124	Aegeon	5.285		gr
12 Apr, 1941	U-124	St. Helena	4.313		br
13 Apr, 1941	U-124	Corinthic	4.823		br
			93.786
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.