Lets see your UBoat Soldbuch or Wehrpaß

[john8888]

Volksbund and crew list of U-25.

[U-BootVIIC]

U-240 Soldbuch to Ob. Masch. Wilhelm Eller

Eller joined the Kriegsmarine in 1938 and was awarded to Memel Medal.
Served on fangboot M-551 in 1942. Unfortunately, Eller and the entire crew of U-240 were lost only 3 days into their first combat patrol on 15.05.1944. The cause of the sinking remains unknown.

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[U-BootVIIC]

Soldbuch to Oblt. Johannes Froarth, U-231, U-878, U-716. Froarth appears to have served on a wide array of Kriegsmarine vessels before ending with the U-Boat arm.

Summary of Froarth's career:
1941: Seekadet on-board Destroyer Z6
April 1942-April 1943: Fähnrich with various Minesweepers
May 1943: Oberfähnrich on first patrol of U-231 under Kptlt. Wolfgang Wenzel (included with the soldbuch were 8 images taken by Froath during this patrol showing re-fueling with U-504)
November 1943: Leutnant z.s. with torpedo boat
June-September 1944: ARGU front training with U-878 under Oblt. Rodig
February(?) 1945 - surrender: On-board U-716 under Oblt Jurgen Thimme
May 1st 1945: Final promotion to Oblt. z.s.

U-boot kriegsabzeichen 5.3.1945 after first(?) patrol with U-716 (since he already took part on a patrol with U-231)

U-boot frontspange in Bronze/ EK II 9.4.1945

I have unfortunately been unable to find any records of Herr Froarth's service online. Any help would be much appreciated
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[U-BootVIIC]

Some images found within the rear cover of Oblt Froarth's Soldbuch:

U-231 before her maiden voyage
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Departing Kiel with U-231, captioned "towards the North Atlantic!" :
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Refueling with U-504 as part of wolfpack Elbe May 7-10 1943:
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[Ian Jewison]

Soldbuch to Oblt. Johannes Froarth, U-231, U-878, U-716. Froarth appears to have served on a wide array of Kriegsmarine vessels before ending with the U-Boat arm.

His name is Johannes "Hanns" Everth.

I have him listed as:

U 231. Wach Offizier Schüler.
U 716. 1WO.(08.44-ende) 5 patrols, 90 sea days.

/Ian

[U-BootVIIC]

His name is Johannes "Hanns" Everth.

I have him listed as:

U 231. Wach Offizier Schüler.
U 716. 1WO.(08.44-ende) 5 patrols, 90 sea days.

/Ian

Ian,

Thank you for informing me. This really helps shed much more light on his service career. Interesting that he was not awarded the U-Boot abzeichen until so late in his service.

Kind Regards,

Jake

[Ian Jewison]

Looks like he received his U-Boat Badge after his fourth patrol. One with U-218 and three with U-716.

5.3.1945 is an usual date for the his award as U-Boat awards were normally made on the day or day after arrival in port. Check the dates for his U-Boat Bar and EK II.

Everth must have been on the first patrol of U-231, 13.4.43 - 31.5.43 (49 days).
19.5.1943 U-231 in Position BD 27 is assigned to the Wolf Pack MOSEL. On the same Day, the Boat in the Plan-quadrat BD 83 meets with U-504 and takes on 24 tons of fuel.

The three with U-716 were only 20 days so that perhaps is why he had four patrols:

7.1.45 - 12.1.45 (6 days)
6.2.45 - 12.2.45 (7 days)
18.2.45 - 24.2.45 (7 days)

Other patrols:

12.3.45 - 9.4.45 (29 days)
21.4.45 - 28.4.45 (8 days)

/Ian