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~SOLD~WIEBE Karl-Heinz
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve
Wiebe, Karl-Heinz
* 10.04.1916 Kiel
+ 01.10.2012 Bremen
Awarded Knights Cross: 22.05.1944
as: Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Leitender Ingenieur U-178
Served in the Bundeswehr: Von 1956 bis 1961
Zuletzt: Korvettenkapitän
Karl-Heinz Wiebe
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)
(Crew 1935)
Born 10 April, 1916 Kiel
Karl-Heinz Wiebe
Decorations
18/02/1940 : Iron Cross 2nd class (EK II)
21/03/1940 : Ubootskriegsabzeichen 1939
30/05/1940 : Iron Cross 1st class (EK I)
22/05/1944 : Knights Cross (-119-)
Ranks
25/09/1935 Kadett (Ing.)
01/07/1936 Fähnrich (Ing.)
01/01/1938 Oberfähnrich (Ing.)
01/04/1938 Leutnant (Ing.) (-23-)
01/10/1939 Oberleutnant (Ing.) (-23-)
01/09/1942 Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (-1-)
U-boat Career
U-9 IIB LI, 6 patrols 12.39 - 08.40
U-67 IXC LI, 4 patrols 01.41 - 07.42
U-178 IXD2 LI, 2 patrols 02.43 - 06.44
(LI is a chief engineering officer, not U-boat commander)
Kptlt. (Ing.) Karl-Heinz Wiebe
after receiving Knights Cross
Karl-Heinz Wiebe joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1935. After the officer training he rode a year on the artillery school ship Brummer.
In October 1939 he changed to the U-boat force and two months later he became the leading engineer (LI) on U-9 under the command of Wolfgang Lüth. Later he rode on U-67 and on the Monsun U-boat U-178.
In June 1944 Karl-Heinz Wiebe became a member of the BdU op staff, where he served until the end of the war.
He served later also in the Bundesmarine and retired in 1961 as Korvettenkapitän.
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Signed postwar photo measuring 3 ½” x 5” with mailing envelope
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