My U-Boat Document Collection

[Fallschirmjager1941]

Hi Everyone,

Over the past year I have begun focusing entirely on items attributed to U-Boat crewmen. This is what I have accumulated so far

U-455 Soldbuch to Adam Mueller, who served on all 10 patrols during which 3 ships were sunk. U-455 went down with all hands after striking a German mine off Genoa in April 1944.



Soldbuch to U-393 crewman Hubert Runge. This was never a front boat but nevertheless served as a trials boat, and a training boat from 1943 onward.


2nd issue Wehrpass to U-652 & U-643 Obermachinist Martin Giese. Giese served on all 9 Patrols with the boat during which 6 ships were sunk and 3 more were damaged. Giese was killed on board the first patrol of U-643.

U-boat clasp in bronze document to Radioman Lambert Kappes aboard U-295. U-295 operated in Norway and damaged one ship. (Document part of a larger grouping to Kappes)

U-1061 Grouping to crewman Karl Schlickwei. U-061 Operated in Norway as a VIIF torpedo transport boat and survived the war.

Death Card to U-520 Crewman Josef Schillinger. Schillinger was killed aboard the boats first patrol. Judging from his awards he clearly served on other boats, but I have been unable to determine which ones.


Thanks for looking!

-Jake

[Chopperman]

Very neat collection.
I knew a Mueller who served as an office on a U-boat. I met him in 1971 or 72.
He was my stepfather's boss. He came to our house for dinner one night and
I kept bugging him about his ww2 experience. His boat sub was sunk with only
a hand full of survivors. He spent the remained of the war in a Scottish POW camp
which he escaped from 3 times only to be captured again each time.

He was a very interesting old guy to talk to.

[Fallschirmjager1941]

Very neat collection.
I knew a Mueller who served as an office on a U-boat. I met him in 1971 or 72.
He was my stepfather's boss. He came to our house for dinner one night and
I kept bugging him about his ww2 experience. His boat sub was sunk with only
a hand full of survivors. He spent the remained of the war in a Scottish POW camp
which he escaped from 3 times only to be captured again each time.

He was a very interesting old guy to talk to.

Sounds like quite the character! Any clue on his boat #?

[Chopperman]

Sounds like quite the character! Any clue on his boat #?

Unfortunately not. I was maybe 14 years old at the time and didn't think to write any of this down.
I've tried to reach out to a couple U-boat forums for help but I don't have enough information to be
of help researching him.