Odo Loewe

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,335 GRT

Born	12 Sep 1914		Ludwigslust
Died	19 May 1943	(28)	Cape Farewell

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-256	18 Dec 1941	30 Nov 1942	1 patrol (38 days)
U-254	Sep, 1942	Oct, 1942,	1 patrol (32 days, * did not finish patrol)
U-954	23 Dec 1942	19 May 1943 (+)	1 patrol (42 days)

Patrol info for Odo Loewe

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-256	28 Jul 1942	Kiel	3 Sep 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	38 days
2.	U-254	21 Sep 1942	Brest	22 Oct 1942	Brest	Patrol 2,	32 days
3.	U-256	22 Sep 1942	Lorient	23 Sep 1942	Brest		2 days
4.	U-954	8 Apr 1943	Kiel	19 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	42 days
3 patrols, 112 days at sea

Ships hit by Odo Loewe

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
3 Oct 1942	U-254	Esso Williamsburg	11,237	am
9 Oct 1942	U-254	Pennington Court	6,098	br	SC-103
			17,335
2 ships sunk (17,335 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.