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Re: Who's this officer?
Posted by:
FAlmeida
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Date: March 07, 2007 05:42PM
Kuppisch, Herbert Otto
10-12-1909 Hamburg / Freie u. Hansestadt Hamburg
Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine, Crew 1933
01-04-1933 Offiziersanwärter
01-01-1934 Fähnrich zur See
01-09-1935 Oberfähnrich zur See
01-01-1936 Leutnant zur See
01-10-1937 Oberleutnant zur See
01-11-1939 Kapitänleutnant
05-12-1939 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)
04-05-1940 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)
04-05-1940 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)14-04-1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (when serving as Kdt. U 94 08/40-08/41)
27/09/1935-31/12/1935 zur Verfügung UAS Unterseebootsabwehrschule, Schüler Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (At disposal of U-Boat service. U-Boat Training) 01/01/1936-28/09/1936 Kompanieoffizier Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Company Leader)
29/09/1936-19/12/1936 Tb-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-Mürwik (Torpedos Training)
20/12/1936-05/01/1937 Schüleroffizier Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Officer under Instruction)
30/01/1937-01/02/1937 U.T.O-Zusatz-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-Mürwik (Auxiliary Torpedos Training)
01/02/1937-30/04/1937 Schüler Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Course)
01/05/1937-18/05/1937 WO U 2 [Liebe] / Unterseebootsschulflottille, Neustadt (Watch Officer)
19/05/1937-31/05/1937 2. WO U 29 [Fischer] / U-Flottille Saltzwedel (Second Watch Officer)
01/06/1937-01/10/1937 Kompanieoffizier 2. Marineunteroffizierlehrabteilung, Wesermünde (Company Officer)
02/10/1937-15/01/1939 2. WO U 9 [Mathes] / U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel u. U 23 / U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel (Second Watch Officer)
16/01/1939-03/02/1939 Baubelehrung U 58 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden / Marinelehrwerkstatt, Kiel-Gaarden (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard)
04/02/1939-30/06/1940 Kommandant U 58 / U-Flottille Emsmann, Kiel u. 1.U-Flottille, Kiel (Commander, Completed eight patrols 122 days. Sank 3 merchant ships 5.241 GRT and sank 1 merchant ship converted to a boom defence vessel 8.401 GRT. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Oblt. Heinrich Schonder)01/07/1940-16/07/1940 zur Verfügung 1.U-Flottille, Kiel (At disposal)17/07/1940-09/08/1940 Baubelehrung U 94 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden / Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel-Gaarden (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard)
10/08/1940-29/08/1941 Kommandant U 94 / 7.U-Flottille, Kiel / St.Nazaire (Commander. Completed five war patrols 173 days. Sank 10 merchant ships 56.759 GRT and sank 2 tankers 11.708 GRT. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Oblt. Otto Ites)
30/08/1941-21/09/1941 Kommandant zur Verfügung 2.U-Flottille, Lorient (U-Commander at disposal)
22/09/1941- 06/1942 Admiralstabsoffizier 3.Asto BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Operationsabteilung, Paris (Staff Officer)
06/1942-28/12/1942 Admiralstabsoffizier 6.Asto BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote / Operationsabteilung, Paris (Staff Officer)
29/12/1942-23/06/1943 Referent Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine / 2.Seekriegsleitung (Adviser)
24/06/1943-30/06/1943 Kommandant U 516 / 10.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander. Did not make patrols. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Kptlt. Hans-Rutger Tillessen)
01/07/1943-27/08/1943 Kommandant U 847 / 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux (Commander. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch takes command of U 847 from Kptlt. Jost Metzler. Made one aborted by damaged war patrol 14 days, made one war patrol without return 29 days. No ships sunk or damaged)
Lost with 61 hands of U 847 in the Atlantic, South-West of Azores, 28°19´ N x 37°58´ W (KM naval grid square DF8636), by Fido torpedo from Wildcat and Avenger from VC-1 Sqn USN of the American escort carrier USS Card CVE 11.
Cheers, Fernando
10-12-1909 Hamburg / Freie u. Hansestadt Hamburg
Linien Seeoffizier Eintritt in Reichsmarine, Crew 1933
01-04-1933 Offiziersanwärter
01-01-1934 Fähnrich zur See
01-09-1935 Oberfähnrich zur See
01-01-1936 Leutnant zur See
01-10-1937 Oberleutnant zur See
01-11-1939 Kapitänleutnant
05-12-1939 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)
04-05-1940 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)
04-05-1940 U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen 1939 (when serving as Kdt. U 58 09/39-06/40)14-04-1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (when serving as Kdt. U 94 08/40-08/41)
27/09/1935-31/12/1935 zur Verfügung UAS Unterseebootsabwehrschule, Schüler Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (At disposal of U-Boat service. U-Boat Training) 01/01/1936-28/09/1936 Kompanieoffizier Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Company Leader)
29/09/1936-19/12/1936 Tb-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-Mürwik (Torpedos Training)
20/12/1936-05/01/1937 Schüleroffizier Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Officer under Instruction)
30/01/1937-01/02/1937 U.T.O-Zusatz-Lehrgang Torpedoschule, Flensburg-Mürwik (Auxiliary Torpedos Training)
01/02/1937-30/04/1937 Schüler Unterseebootschule, Neustadt (Course)
01/05/1937-18/05/1937 WO U 2 [Liebe] / Unterseebootsschulflottille, Neustadt (Watch Officer)
19/05/1937-31/05/1937 2. WO U 29 [Fischer] / U-Flottille Saltzwedel (Second Watch Officer)
01/06/1937-01/10/1937 Kompanieoffizier 2. Marineunteroffizierlehrabteilung, Wesermünde (Company Officer)
02/10/1937-15/01/1939 2. WO U 9 [Mathes] / U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel u. U 23 / U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel (Second Watch Officer)
16/01/1939-03/02/1939 Baubelehrung U 58 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden / Marinelehrwerkstatt, Kiel-Gaarden (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard)
04/02/1939-30/06/1940 Kommandant U 58 / U-Flottille Emsmann, Kiel u. 1.U-Flottille, Kiel (Commander, Completed eight patrols 122 days. Sank 3 merchant ships 5.241 GRT and sank 1 merchant ship converted to a boom defence vessel 8.401 GRT. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Oblt. Heinrich Schonder)01/07/1940-16/07/1940 zur Verfügung 1.U-Flottille, Kiel (At disposal)17/07/1940-09/08/1940 Baubelehrung U 94 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden / Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel-Gaarden (Instruction in the final stage of construction in shipyard)
10/08/1940-29/08/1941 Kommandant U 94 / 7.U-Flottille, Kiel / St.Nazaire (Commander. Completed five war patrols 173 days. Sank 10 merchant ships 56.759 GRT and sank 2 tankers 11.708 GRT. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Oblt. Otto Ites)
30/08/1941-21/09/1941 Kommandant zur Verfügung 2.U-Flottille, Lorient (U-Commander at disposal)
22/09/1941- 06/1942 Admiralstabsoffizier 3.Asto BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Operationsabteilung, Paris (Staff Officer)
06/1942-28/12/1942 Admiralstabsoffizier 6.Asto BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote / Operationsabteilung, Paris (Staff Officer)
29/12/1942-23/06/1943 Referent Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine / 2.Seekriegsleitung (Adviser)
24/06/1943-30/06/1943 Kommandant U 516 / 10.U-Flottille, Lorient (Commander. Did not make patrols. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch was replaced by Kptlt. Hans-Rutger Tillessen)
01/07/1943-27/08/1943 Kommandant U 847 / 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux (Commander. Kptlt. Herbert Kuppisch takes command of U 847 from Kptlt. Jost Metzler. Made one aborted by damaged war patrol 14 days, made one war patrol without return 29 days. No ships sunk or damaged)
Lost with 61 hands of U 847 in the Atlantic, South-West of Azores, 28°19´ N x 37°58´ W (KM naval grid square DF8636), by Fido torpedo from Wildcat and Avenger from VC-1 Sqn USN of the American escort carrier USS Card CVE 11.
Cheers, Fernando
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