Jürgen Oesten
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Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats Template:GS and Template:GS, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command Template:GS. He sank nineteen ships for a total of Template:GRT, and damaged four others for Template:GRT;
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Career
Born in Grunewald, Berlin, Oesten joined the Reichsmarine in April 1933. After serving aboard the cruisers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he transferred to the U-boat arm in May 1937, and was appointed watch officer of Template:GS.
World War II
U-61
In August 1939 Oesten commissioned Template:GS, sailing on nine patrols, and sinking five ships.
U-106
Taking command of Template:GS in September 1940, he sailed on three patrols sinking another ten ships. On 20 March 1941 during an attack on convoy SL-68 he damaged the British battleship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..
9th Flotilla
In October 1941 Oesten became the first commander of the 9th U-boat Flotilla based in Brest, France. In March 1942 he joined the staff of FdU Nordmeer directing the U-boat war in the Norwegian Sea.
U-861
In September 1943 Oesten returned to active duty in Template:GS, sailing first to Brazilian waters where he sank another two ships and then around the Cape of Good Hope to join the Monsun Gruppe of U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean. He sank another two ships, bringing his career total to 19 ships sunk, totalling Template:GRT, and four ships damaged (Template:GRT), before reaching Penang on 23 September 1944. U-861 left Soerabaya, Dutch East Indies, in January 1945 carrying a cargo of vital materials, but only two torpedoes, and reached Trondheim, Norway, in April, just before the German surrender.[1]
Post War
Oesten was a technical advisor for the 2005 submarine simulator Silent Hunter III.[2]
Awards
- U-Boat War Badge
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th class
- Spanish Cross in bronze without swords (6 June 1939)[3]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1941 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-106[4]
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