| Born | 10 Sep 1922 | Bad Soden |
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Ranks
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-681 | 2 Aug 1944 | 11 Mar 1945 | 1 patrol (25 days) |
Oblt. Werner Gebauer was one of the youngest U-boat commanders during WWII when he left for his patrol with U-681 from Kiel, Germany on 8 Feb 1945. He was only 22 years old at the time (Busch & Röll, 1999). He brought his boat to Horten, Norway 6 days later (Busch & Röll, 1997). His boat was lost on the second patrol on 11 March 1945 (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Werner Gebauer
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-681 | 8 Feb 1945 | Kiel | 13 Feb 1945 | Horten | 6 days | ||
| 2. | U-681 | 14 Feb 1945 | Horten | 10 Mar 1945 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 25 days | |
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.
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