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| Born | 7 May 1915 | Altona | |
| Died | 12 Aug 1985 | (70) |
| Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-9 | 2 Jul 1941 | 18 Apr 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-9 | 28 Oct 1942 | 15 Sep 1943 | 6 patrols (132 days) |
| U-3501 | Apr, 1945 | 1 May 1945 | No war patrols |
Crew of 1936
Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert was one of the Kriegsmarine's famousOlympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.
Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-9 | 11 Nov 1942 | Konstanza | 1 Dec 1942 | Konstanza | Patrol 1, | 21 days | |
| 2. | U-9 | 19 Dec 1942 | Konstanza | 7 Jan 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 2, | 20 days | |
| 3. | U-9 | 3 Feb 1943 | Konstanza | 3 Mar 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 3, | 29 days | |
| 4. | U-9 | 17 Apr 1943 | Konstanza | 10 May 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 4, | 24 days | |
| 5. | U-9 | 20 May 1943 | Konstanza | 12 Jun 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 5, | 24 days | |
| 6. | U-9 | 26 Aug 1943 | Konstanza | 6 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrol 6, | 12 days | |
| 7. | U-9 | 9 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | 10 Sep 1943 | Konstanza | Patrol 6, | 2 days | |
| 6 patrols, 132 days at sea | ||||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown initalics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of eachcrew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.
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