Franz-Georg Reschke

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 29)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 5,450 tons

Born	26 May 1908		Schnittken
Died	1 Dec 1996	(88)	Felde, Germany

Ranks

1 Apr 1929		Offiziersanwärter
10 Oct 1929		Seekadett
1 Jan 1931		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1933		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1933		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1935		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1938		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
17 Nov 1942		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-205	3 May 1941	19 Oct 1942	8 patrols (225 days)

Patrol info for Franz-Georg Reschke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-205	24 Jul 1941	Trondheim	23 Aug 1941	Lorient	Patrol 1,	31 days
2.	U-205	23 Sep 1941	Lorient	2 Oct 1941	Lorient	Patrol 2,	10 days
3.	U-205	3 Nov 1941	Lorient	10 Dec 1941	La Spezia	Patrol 3,	38 days
4.	U-205	5 Jan 1942	La Spezia	10 Feb 1942	La Spezia	Patrol 4,	37 days
5.	U-205	17 Mar 1942	La Spezia	6 Apr 1942	La Spezia	Patrol 5,	21 days
6.	U-205	6 May 1942	La Spezia	8 Jun 1942	Salamis	Patrol 6,	34 days
7.	U-205	11 Jun 1942	Salamis	23 Jun 1942	La Spezia	Patrol 7,	13 days
8.	U-205	3 Aug 1942	La Spezia	12 Sep 1942	Pola	Patrol 8,	41 days
8 patrols, 225 days at sea

Ships hit by Franz-Georg Reschke

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
16 Jun 1942	U-205	HMS Hermione (74)	5,450	br	MW-11
	5,450
1 ship sunk (5,450 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

16 Jun 1942

U-205

HMS Hermione (74)

5,450

MW-11

5,450

1 ship sunk (5,450 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.