Here is a great piece done by CHUCK MYLES 1068-1989) and while we touched on it some time ago, we are going to run this as a monthly feature from now onwards. It is a very interesting article.

PAUL BRASACK (5940-LIFE-1999), born 9 May 1916 near Stettin.
Navigator training/Aircraft Weapons School from Sept 1939 to Mar. 1940;
Navigator & Senior Flight Officer with I./Küstenfliegergruppe 706 from April to July 1940;
KG 126 later 1./KG 28 7/’40 to 5/’41;
Staff IX Fliegerkorps June to Oct. 1941
Reserve Group KG 28;
Navigator Training Officer KG 4 known as General Weaver October 1941 to February 1942;
U-Boat Training March to August 1942;
Watch Officer on U-590 August to November 1942;
U-Boat Commander’s School and familiarization December 1942 to February 1943;
Commander of U-737 from 5 Feb. 1943 to 24 Nov. 1944;
Knights Cross awarded on 30 October 1944.

Georg-Wilhelm BASSE, born 27 August 1917 in Charlottenburg.
3/Kampfgruppe 606 (See) October 1939 to March 1941;
III./KG 40 March 1941 to August 1941;
U-Boat training August 1941 to January 1942;
7th U-Bootflottille January 1942 to February 1942;
I.W.O. on U-751 February and March 1942;
I.W.O. on U-575 March 1942 to May 1942;
U-Boat Commander’s School June and July 1942;
Boat familiarization July and August 1942;
Promoted to Kapitänleutnant April 1943;
Commander of U-339 August 1942 to May 1943;
Boat familiarization May and June 1943;
Commander of U-314 from 10 June 1943 to 30 Jan. 1944;
KIA 30 January 1944 in the Arctic Ocean SE of Bear Island

Hans-Joachin BRANS, born 21 August 1915 in Heidelberg.
Seconded to Luftwaffe until March 1942;
U-Boat training March to September 1942;
Watch Officer on U-84 September to December 1942;
Promoted to Kapitänleutnant 1 November 1942;
U-Boat Commander’s School Dec. 1942 to Jan. 1943;
Watch Officer on U-169 January and February 1943;
Boat familiarization February and March 1943;
C.O. U-801 from 24 March 1943 to 17 March 1944;
KIA 17 March 1944 near the Cape Verde Islands

Hans-Günther BROSIN, born 15 Nov. 1916 at Hannover.
Seconded to Luftwaffe Sept. 1939 to Sept. 1941;
U-Boat training September 1941 to January 1942;
I.W.O. on U-572 January to June 1942;
U-Boat Commander’s School June and July 1942;
Boat familiarization July and August 1942;
Commander of U-634 from 6 Aug. 1942 to 2 Feb. 1943;
Promoted to Kapitänleutnant 1 September 1943;
Commander of U-134 from 3 Feb. 1943 to 24 Aug. 1943;
KIA 24 August 1943 in the Bay of Biscay.

Erwin CHRISTOPHERSEN, born 13 April 1915 at Sonderburg.
Seconded to Luftwaffe until December 1940;
U-Boat Training School January to June 1941;
I.W.O. on U-753 June 1941 to June 1942;
U-Boat Commander’s School July to August 1942;
Boat familiarization August to September 1942;
Commander of U-228 from 12 Sept. 1942 to Aug. 1944;
Promoted to Kapitänleutnant 1 September 1943;
Personnel Reserve 1. UAA September to November 1944;
Boat familiarization Type XXI Nov. 1944 to Jan. 1945;
Commander of U-3082 from 27 Jan. 1945 to 3 May 1945;
KIA 4 May 1945 while a passenger aboard U-2503 off Denmark.

Hermann DAHMS, born 31 August 1916 in Stettin.
Seconded to Luftwaffe September 1939 to August 1941;
U-Boat Training School August 1941 to March 1942;
Watch Officer 2nd U-Bootflottille Mar. 1942 to Feb. 1943;
U-Boat Commander’s School February to April 1943;
Boat familiarization April and May 1943;
Commander of U-980 from 27 May 1943 to 11 June 1944;
Promoted to Kapitänleutnant 1 July 1943;
U-Boat Commander’s Torpedo School in 1944;
KIA 11 June 1944 NW of Bergen

This is outstanding information from CHUCK MYLES. Many thanks, and encourage other Members to do some research and let us know. We’ll be happy to run your article here on the pages of our KTB Magazine. More information on former Luftwaffe pilots turned U-Boat Commanders in KTB #171 next month. Some of the names are very familiar to you.

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