| Born | 1 Sep 1918 | Kiel-Pries | |
| Died | 13 Dec 1943 | (25) | Bay of Biscay |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-391 | 24 Apr 1943 | 13 Dec 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (52 days) |
Gert Dültgen was born on 1 Sep 1918 in Kiel-Pries. He joined the Kriegsmarine as part of Crew 1937. Gert Dültgen completed U-boat training by Jun 1942. He served as First Watch Officer (IWO) on the type IXC boat U-508 from Jul 1942 to Feb 1943. He then attended a course with the U-boat Training Unit (2 UAA) in Feb 1943. Then underwent a U-boat commander's course with the 24th Flotilla from Feb to Mar 1943 (U-boat commander's Torpedo Course 42).
He completed U-boat Familiarization (Baubelehrung) with the 1st Flotilla from Mar to Apr 1943. Gert Dültgen commissioned the new type VIIC boat U-391 on 24 Apr 1943 at KIel. The boat then joined the 5th training flotilla in the Baltic until it was assigned to the 3rd combat flotilla at La Pallice, France on 1 Oct 1943.
Gert Dültgen took his boat out on its first war patrol on 23 Oct 1943. U-391 was lost with all hands on 13 Dec 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Gert Dültgen
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-391 | 23 Oct 1943 | Kiel | 13 Dec 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 52 days | |
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.
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