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Who was the oldest commander?
The oldest Commander was Fregattenkapitän Wilhelm Kiesewetter . He took over the command of UC 1 on 20 November, 1940. He was at that time 62 years old! That was a former Norwegian boat and only used in training units.In WWI Wilhelm Kiesewetter was Commander of
SM UC-56.
The oldest Commander on patrol during WWII was Korvettenkapitän Georg von Willamowitz-Moellendorf, the well known commander of U-459, one of the Milk-Cows. He died in 1943 at the age of 49 years.
The usual limit for combat-commanders was 40 years.
This question was last modified: Sun 2 Jan 2011.