Bernhard Jaek

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	14 Oct 1918		Zlotnitz, Posen
Died	6 Sep 2000	(81)	Heiligenhafen, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Kadett der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 May 1940		Leutnant der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-3044	27 Mar 1945	25 Apr 1945	No war patrols

Jaek began his career in the weapons branch before transferring to being a line officer.

Patrol info for Bernhard Jaek

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.