FINALLY!!!! After 2 YEARS!!!

[Salvadoreno]

PASS THE BEER!! Meet me at the KIEL BAR! AND Salute your new Commandant of the Flotilla at Kiel! Erich Becker!!

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Erich Becker Commander of U-80 1. Flotilla. Brest, France



Promotions
19JAN36 SEEKADETT
01OCT36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01FEB39 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL39 LEUTNANT Z. S.
09JUL41 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
05SEP41 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
05SEP41 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
01OCT41 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
11JAN42 KNIGHT'S CROSS
04MAR42 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES

Badges
01OCT41 U-BOAT BADGE
11JAN42 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP


U-Bootwaffe Postings
28JAN40 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
13JUN41 1st Flotilla (5 patrols)
26MAR42 5th Flotilla (Training)


U-Boat Commands
13JUN41 U-80, Type VIIC (5 patrols)
26MAR42 RETIRED

Kapitänleutnant Erich Becker 5 --- Normal IC2,IC1,KCO B,C ALL
Oberleutnant z. S. Leo Dopf 5 524 Normal B Re
Leutnant z. S. Herbert Schuhmacher 5 424 Normal B W,G
Leutnant z. S. Herbert Gotze 5 424 Normal B W
Oberfähnrich z. S. Helmut Ulbrich 5 324 Normal B
Oberfähnrich z. S. Alexander Eberbach 3 318 Normal T,G
Stabsoberbootsmann Karl Stapelfeld 5 224 Normal B Ma
Stabsbootsmann Petrus Vollpracht 5 174 Normal B W
Stabsbootsmann Philipp Altmeier 2 163 Normal B Ra
Bootsmann Wilhlem Gauß 5 124 Normal B H
Bootsmann Kurt Eckermann 4 122 Normal B Re
Bootsmann Oscar Mannesmann 4 122 Normal B
Bootsmann Matthias Sauer 3 118 Normal B
Bootsmann Erich Polomski 5 124 Normal B T
Bootsmann Josef Gröling 5 124 Normal B T
Bootsmann Johannes Eckermann 4 122 Normal B
Bootsmann Eddo Langer 5 124 Normal B T
Bootsmann Johann Weidemann 5 124 Normal B Ma
Matrosenhauptgefreiter Hans Müller 5 74 Normal B
Matrosenhauptgefreiter Heinz Karshüning 5 74 Normal B
Matrosenhauptgefreiter Johannes Roska 5 74 Normal B
Matrosenhauptgefreiter Edgar Jänicke 5 74 Normal B
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Budczinski 5 44 Normal B
Matrosenobergefreiter Heinz Riwoldt 5 24 Normal B
Matrosenobergefreiter Fritz Lindauer 5 24 Normal B
Matrosenobergefreiter Karl-Heinz Gericke 5 44 Normal B
Matrosenobergefreiter Günter Budke 5 44 Normal
Matrosenobergefreiter Helmut Kmieciak 5 44 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Alfred-Rudolf Koch 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Wilhelm Mattstädt 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Rudolf Zimmermann 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Arnold Just 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Georg Zink 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Arno Larsen 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Werner Merhof 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Josef Bollen 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Wladimir Kindt 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Georg Kreienbrink 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Kurt Zinsgrosch 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Hans Collmann 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Kurt Jackson 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Heinz Adomeit 5 24 Normal B
Matrosengefreiter Siegfried Grundmann 5 24 Normal B

1 13JUN41 - 09JUL41 (27 days) 1 (1/0) 6999 (6999/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 93.82%)
2 15AUG41 - 05SEP41 (22 days) 2 (2/0) 19613 (19613/0)
3 15SEP41 - 01OCT41 (17 days) 3 (3/0) 19788 (19788/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 24.15%)
4 16DEC41 - 11JAN42 (27 days) 3 (2/1) 11940 (10690/1250)
5 16FEB42 - 04MAR42 (17 days) 5 (5/0) 27228 (27228/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 81.89%)
TOTALS: 5 patrols (110 days) 14 (13/1) 85568 (84318/1250) 0 enemy planes downed
0 crew lost

Patrol 1. Ship sunk! S.S. Rozewie (Large Cargo), 6999 tons

Patrol 2. Ship sunk! S.S. Sydfold (Large Tanker), 10838 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. British Loyalty (Large Tanker), 8775 tons\

Patrol 3. Ship sunk! S.S. Itagiba (Medium Cargo), 4021 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Empire Explorer (Large Cargo), 7134 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Isle Royale (Medium Tanker), 8633 tons

Patrol 4. Ship sunk! HMS Lark (Black Swan Frigate), 1250 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Fairland (Large Cargo), 6239 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Rimfakse (Medium Cargo), 4451 tons

Patrol 5. Ship sunk! S.S. Moses G. Farmer (Liberty Cargo), 7458 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Convallaria (Medium Cargo), 5914 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Moccasin Gap (Medium Cargo), 5182 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Anglo-Peruvian (Large Cargo), 5283 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Afrika (Small Merchant), 3391 tons

Total Tonnage: 85568

After his duty at the front, Erich Becker was the FdU Nordwegen (Commander in Chief of U-boats in Norwegian waters). After the war Erich Becker spent three months in British captivity. In July 1956 he joined the newly formed German navy (Bundesmarine). In 1960 at Charleston, South Carolina he commissioned the destroyer Z-6, the former US destroyer USS Charles Ausburne. In March 1963 he became commander of the 3. Zerstörer- geschwader (3rd Destroyer Squadron). Before he retired in 1970, he spent his last five years as garrison chief of Hamburg.

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Congratulations well done!!!