Lets see your UBoat Soldbuch or Wehrpaß

[christof]

Up : signature oberleutnant Richter Ingenieur on U-846
Down : signature of KL Gunther Pulst


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[christof]

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[christof]

Up :
- page 36 up : Signature of Kapitanleutnant Carl Emmermann commandant of U-172
- down : signature Oberleutnant zur See Hashagen commandant U-846 (U-846 was sunk on 4 5 1944 nordl Kap Ortegal, 57 men were KIA).
- page 37 : 2 signature oberleutnant Richter Ingenieur on U-846
Down : photo U-978

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[Axel Parabellum]

Gentlemen all I can say is wow.

These are some dream U-Boat Soldbuchs, especially desiros and christofs.

Thanks for letting us all take a look and for all the extra details.

-and let me know if ya ever want to sell them!

Regards,

Axel

[Eric JB]

Hi Christof,

Thank you very much for showing two very nice UBoat Soldbücher.

The new U 846 needed some experienced men in her new crew and Peters who served prior on U 172 was clearly such a man.
Interesting to see that Emmermann signed for the clothing as that was normally done by another ranking.
U 172 a famous Uboat and a great Commander.

Your Mändle Soldbuch, I have no idea what happened to U 978 crewmembers earlier handed out Soldbücher, all others that I have seen and the one I have in my own collection are all dated 15.Febr.1945, all done in the same hand on page 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Seems to me that your example was also first written in pencil and later overwtitten in ink.

U 978 made the longest Schnorkel patrol of world war two.

Seems that all new portrait photos for the new U 978 Soldbücher were taken onboard U 978, they all have the same appearance (that dark background)

Again thank you for showing Christof.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[Ian Jewison]

Here is the Soldbuch of Obermaschinist Harry Hedwig.

Typical photo which has been replaced most probably due to promotion as no awards are shown.
Again typical for U-Boat crews with a "U" on page 1, this one has a smaller "U" also!?!? Authorised by FP Nr. 42766 - 5 U-Flottille Kommando (Schulflottille).
It can be seen from Herr Hedwig's dog tag number he joined the Kriegsmarine in 1938.

[Ian Jewison]

The Soldbuch was issued 27.5.1941 by 1 Marine Unteroffizier Lehrgang Glücksburg.

Page 3 bears confirmation of promotions on page 1.

Promotion to Obermaschinenmaat authorised by Kommandant FP Nr. 42202 - U-Boot 406, Kapitänleutnant Horst Dieterichs.
Promotion to Obermaschinist authorised by a Leutnant u. Kompanie Chef, 5 Kompanie, 4 Marine Lehr Abteilung.

[Ian Jewison]

Page 4 shows his awards:

6.7.1942 U-Boat Badge
11.10.1942 Iron Cross 2nd Class
14.10.1944 U-Boat Bar
20.4.1945 Iron Cross 1st Class
20.4.1945 U-Boat Bar in Silver

Note: the U-Boat Bar is entered without mention of a class, at the time the Silver version did not exist.

First two awards are authorised by Kapitänleutnant Horst Dieterichs with the next three being authorised by Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Heinrich Barschkis, Kommandant U-2321.

The U-Boat Badge was awarded 6.7.1942 on return from U-406 second voyage, with the Iron Cross 2nd Class following the third voyage. On this voyage U-406 sank the British 7,452 ton "City of Manila" sailing with convoy SL-118 on 19.8.1942.
The U-Boat Bar was awarded 14.10.1944 for accumulation of enemy voyages aboard U-408. At the time Herr Hedwig had completed 7.
The Iron Cross 1st Class and U-Boat Bar in Silver followed the first voyage of U-2321 after the sinking of the the British 1,406 ton "Gasray" on 5.4.1945. Thus bringing the total voyages for Herr Hedwig to 8 aboard U-Boats.

[Ian Jewison]

Page 20 shows a security check authorised by Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Heinrich Barschkis at this time with FP Nr. 45127 - Ausbildungs-Gruppe Front (B.d.U.), Technische Ausbildungs-Gruppe für Front-U-Boote.

Underneath all the Feindeinsatz that Hedwig took part in. Interestingly during the Norwegian campaign he was aboard the S-Boot Tender "Carl Peters" and as you can see 7 Feindfahrt with U-406 and 1 with U-2321.

This entry is also verified by Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Heinrich Barschkis.

[Ian Jewison]

Page 23 recording units and transfers shows he was with 2 Unterseebootslehr Division in Gotenhafen, 2 Unterseebootsausbildungsabteilung in Neustadt/Holstein.
27.8.1941 to the Baubelehrung Danzig (7 Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung) for commissioning of his new ship, U-406.
21.10.1941 to 8 U-Flottille (U-Boat Training Flotilla)......on the right of the page FP Nr. M 14971 can be seen. This belonged to 7 U-Flottillen Kommando.

Because we know what unit built U-406, what Flotillas it was under it can be worked out of course what U-Boat he was aboard, however without this information page 23 does not reveal his U-Boat at all!

http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=406

After 25.9.1943 to numerous schools.

[Ian Jewison]

Page 24 again shows training and schooling units. From 16.3.1944 with 3 Baulehrkompanie in Hamburg. With research this was part of 8 Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung.....again of which ties in with his next boat U-2321!

http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=2321

However, this time the page does actually reveal his boat!!!

12.6.1944 FP Nr. 41224 "2321" 32 Ufl.

FP Nr. 41224 - U-Boot 2321. Which was of course under 32 U-Flottille (Ausbildungsflottille) in Königsberg

[Ian Jewison]

Last one.......recorded leaves:

Leaves 1 and 2 authorised by U-406 Kommandant Oberleutnant zur See/Kapitänleutnant Horst Dieterichs.

Leave 3, authorised by Oberleutnant zur See u. Leitender Ingenieur Rudi Töpfer.

Leave 4, cancelled by Leutnant zur See Werner Remus (II WO).

Leave 5, again authorised by U-406 Kommandant Kapitänleutnant Horst Dieterichs.

Leave 6, authorised by Oberleutnant zur See Werner Heimbrecht (II WO).

Leave 7, Leutnant Wallner? (Need to research this later).

Leave 8, Leutnant zur See Huffman ? (Also need to research this later).

Hope you enjoy!

/Ian

[JUNGCO]

Nice one Ian! Do you have more?
Jeff

[JUNGCO]

U-boot

Here's my lonely U-Boot Soldbuch. It's been around and I think Barry had it once. Paul Jung (can yous ee why I kept his one?) was on three patrols with U-755 and died on board, along with 40 others. There were nine survivers.

[JUNGCO]

U-boot

Paul's lone award, the U-boot badge and his unit page. He had his commander's (Göing) signature faintly on the award page.