CAREER SUMMARY
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Rank: OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
Name: HANS DRESCHLER
Date of Birth: 04JAN17
Place of Birth: BAUTZEN
Date of Enlistment: 01APR34
Service History
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--Promotions----------------------------------------------------------
02JAN35 SEEKADETT
01DEC35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV37 LEUTNANT Z. S.
16FEB41 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
--Medals--------------------------------------------------------------
29NOV39 IRON CROSS SECOND CLASS
12JAN40 IRON CROSS FIRST CLASS
02MAR40 KNIGHT'S CROSS
08APR40 GERMAN CROSS IN GOLD
08APR40 KNIGHT'S CROSS W/OAK LEAVES
05AUG40 KNIGHT'S CROSS W/OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
02SEP40 KNIGHT'S CROSS W/OAK LEAVES, SWORDS AND DIAMONDS
14NOV40 KNIGHT'S CROSS W/GOLDEN OAK LEAVES, SWORDS AND DIAMONDS
--Badges--------------------------------------------------------------
12JAN40 U-BOAT WAR BADGE
--U-Bootwaffe Postings------------------------------------------------
17JUN38 TRANSFER U-BOOTWAFFE: U-BOAT FLOTILLA "WEDDIGEN" (TRAINING)
01SEP39 7TH FLOTILLA (16 WAR PATROLS)
10JUL41 5TH FLOTILLA (TRAINING)
--U-Bootwaffe Command History-----------------------------------------
01SEP39 U-52, TYPE VIIB (7 WAR PATROLS)
27JUL40 U-70, TYPE VIIC (9 WAR PATROLS)
10JUL41 NIL
--U-Bootwaffe Patrol History------------------------------------------
01. 01SEP39 - 17SEP39
Ships sunk: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
U-Boat damaged
02. 17NOV39 - 29NOV39
Ships sunk: 4 (4 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 11521 (11521 Merchant, 0 Warship)
03. 27DEC39 - 12JAN40
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 14785 (14785 Merchant, 0 Warship)
04. 09FEB40 - 02MAR40
Ships sunk: 1 (1 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 6395 (6395 Merchant, 0 Warship)
05. 30MAR40 - 08APR40
Ships sunk: 1 (1 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 2003 (2003 Merchant, 0 Warship)
06. 06MAY40 - 18MAY40
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 6422 (6422 Merchant, 0 Warship)
07. 15JUN40 - 29JUN40
Ships sunk: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
08. 27JUL40 - 05AUG40
Ships sunk: 2 (2 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 4823 (4823 Merchant, 0 Warship)
09. 02SEP40 - 02SEP40
Ships sunk: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 0 (0 Merchant, 0 Warship)
10. 30SEP40 - 10OCT40
Ships sunk: 2 (2 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 8392 (8392 Merchant, 0 Warship)
11. 07NOV40 - 14NOV40
Ships sunk: 2 (2 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 12791 (12791 Merchant, 0 Warship)
12. 15DEC40 - 30DEC40
Ships sunk: 6 (5 Merchant, 1 Warship)
Tonnage: 28380 (27005 Merchant, 1375 Warship)
13. 30JAN41 - 16FEB41
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 25118 (25118 Merchant, 0 Warship)
14. 19MAR41 - 11APR41
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 16288 (16288 Merchant, 0 Warship)
15. 12MAY41 - 24MAY41
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 5985 (5985 Merchant, 0 Warship)
16. 24JUN41 - 10JUL41
Ships sunk: 3 (3 Merchant, 0 Warship)
Tonnage: 6799 (6799 Merchant, 0 Warship)
--U-Bootwaffe Campaign Summary----------------------------------------
Total ships sunk: 36 (35 Merchant, 1 Warship)
Total tonnage: 149702 (148327 Merchant, 1375 Warship)
Enemy planes downed: 0
Crew lost: 0
Post-Campaign Summary
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After his duty at the front, Hans Dreschler was a training officer in the 22nd and 27th flotillas. In 1955 Hans Dreschler joined the Bundesmarine, commanding the destroyer Z-2 and in 1966 becoming Chef des Marineamtes (chief of Navy department). He retired in 1972 as Konteradmiral and was highly decorated after the war with the Stern zum Großen Bundesverdienstkreuz (Star of the Great Federal Merit Cross).