Eduard Turre

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 672 tons

Born	31 Jan 1920		Odenheim, Bruchsal, Baden
Died	24 Dec 1998	(78)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Aug 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-868	22 Jul 1944	9 May 1945	2 patrols (57 days)

Patrol info for Eduard Turre

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-868	5 Jan 1945	Kiel	9 Jan 1945	Horten		5 days
2.	U-868	21 Jan 1945	Horten	18 Feb 1945	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	29 days
3.	U-868	14 Mar 1945	St. Nazaire	10 Apr 1945	Kristiansand	Patrol 2,	28 days
4.	U-868	14 Apr 1945	Kristiansand	17 Apr 1945	Bergen		4 days
2 patrols, 57 days at sea

Ships hit by Eduard Turre

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
17 Mar 1945	U-868	HMCS Guysborough (J 52)	672	ca
	672
1 ship sunk (672 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

17 Mar 1945

U-868

HMCS Guysborough (J 52)

672

1 ship sunk (672 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.