Easty
08-29-07, 06:02 AM
KIA on his 6th patrol in his new IXD2 uboat U850 was tracking a merchant in foul weather
and got to close and unfortunately got blown out of the water by an extremely accurate
merchnt ship in basically hurricane weather a most unfortunate end to a most successfull captain.
Name: KURT STRACK
Date of Birth: 27AUG16
Place of Birth: STAHLHEIM
Date of Intake: 01APR35 (CREW 35)
Promotions
01APR35 SEEKADETT
01APR36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01APR38 LEUTNANT Z. S.
28FEB42 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
24FEB43 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT
Medals
10DEC41 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
10DEC41 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
28FEB42 KNIGHT'S CROSS
02NOV42 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
24FEB43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
Badges
10DEC41 U-BOAT BADGE
05JAN44 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
15FEB41-15APR41 1st Flotilla (Commander training) - FEB40-JAN41 1WO U38 (6 Patrols) - OCT38-JAN40 2WO U38 (2 Patrols) - APR38-OCT38 Uboat Training - Commissioned U127 (24/4/41)
02NOV41 2nd Flotilla (5 patrols)
19NOV43 12th Flotilla (1 patrols)
U-Boat Commands
02NOV41 U-127, Type IXC (5 patrols)
19NOV43 U-850, Type IXD2 (1 patrols)
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Career Success: 33 Ships Sunk For 253188 tons
Career Claims: 33 Ships SUnk For 290100 tons
Career Damages : None
Career Claimed Damages: None
and got to close and unfortunately got blown out of the water by an extremely accurate
merchnt ship in basically hurricane weather a most unfortunate end to a most successfull captain.
Name: KURT STRACK
Date of Birth: 27AUG16
Place of Birth: STAHLHEIM
Date of Intake: 01APR35 (CREW 35)
Promotions
01APR35 SEEKADETT
01APR36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01APR38 LEUTNANT Z. S.
28FEB42 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
24FEB43 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT
Medals
10DEC41 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
10DEC41 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
28FEB42 KNIGHT'S CROSS
02NOV42 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
24FEB43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
Badges
10DEC41 U-BOAT BADGE
05JAN44 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
15FEB41-15APR41 1st Flotilla (Commander training) - FEB40-JAN41 1WO U38 (6 Patrols) - OCT38-JAN40 2WO U38 (2 Patrols) - APR38-OCT38 Uboat Training - Commissioned U127 (24/4/41)
02NOV41 2nd Flotilla (5 patrols)
19NOV43 12th Flotilla (1 patrols)
U-Boat Commands
02NOV41 U-127, Type IXC (5 patrols)
19NOV43 U-850, Type IXD2 (1 patrols)
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Career Success: 33 Ships Sunk For 253188 tons
Career Claims: 33 Ships SUnk For 290100 tons
Career Damages : None
Career Claimed Damages: None