R.I.P. Korvettenkapitän Oesten

[mookiemookie]

I didn't see any mention of this on the forums, and I just came across the news today. According to his family, Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Oesten passed away peacefully on August 5th of this year.

For those unaware, he was a Knight's Cross winner, the 29th most successful U-boat commander in terms of tonnage sunk, and the technical advisor for SH3.

[ediko]

RIP

Sad how many veterans have died already. Only the youngest during the war have survived till our days. I'm afraid all of them will be gone in a few years but that's just the way it is. We have to live on but that doesn't mean we don't need to remember them!

[Jimbuna]

RIP Kaleun

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/KptLehmann/wreath.jpg

[Gerald]

R.I.P :salute:

[Draka]

RIP

[frau kaleun]

RIP, Herr Korvettenkapitän.

[desirableroasted]

Great interview with him on YouTube about the attack on the Malaya. Just google him.

[JokerOfFate]

R.I.P
Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Oesten

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction...The chain reaction of evil...hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars... must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Sie mögen in Frieden ruhen.:salute:

[Apache312]

Rest In Peace Korvettenkapitän. A fine Kaleun you were.

[Brag]

Salute
:salute::salute::salute::salute::salute::salute::s alute::salute::salute::salute::salute:

[Snestorm]

One of the few to start, and end, the war in command of a uboat.

IX driver, and from all appearances, a very good and respectable man.

[VONHARRIS]

A fine warrior! You can find more info on this man at http://uboat.net/men/oesten.htm
RIP

[nikimcbee]

Good catch Mookie.

His interviews are very interesting. I wonder how many u-boat captains are left?:salute:

[Alex]

Great interview with him on YouTube about the attack on the Malaya. Just google him.
Uploaded it last year, yep, here's the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsf8Ovsja9k

That news was indeed bound to happen... But still, I'm at a loss for words.

[Jimbuna]

Good catch Mookie.

His interviews are very interesting. I wonder how many u-boat captains are left?:salute:

It is possible that Klemens Schamong may still be alive:

http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1064.html

[K-61]

R.I.P. Herr Kaleun. :salute:

[JEuler]

RIP Kaleun :salute:

Good catch Mookie.

His interviews are very interesting. I wonder how many u-boat captains are left?:salute:

Two of the top aces,Hardegen and Lassen are still alive.