MEHL Waldemar Mehl, Waldemar ('U-371') *September 7th, 1914 (Grävenwiesbach/Hessen, Germany) +March 29th, 1996 (Wiesbaden/Hesse, Germany) Knights Cross: March 28th, 1944 As: Käpitanleutnant Kommandant, "U 371", 29. Unterseebootsflottille Awarded for sinking 9 ships (with 42451 GRT) and damaging another 4 ships (with 28072 GRT). His total of destroyed ships included three warships, HMS Jura, HMS Hythe and the USS Bristol. Waldemar Mehl joined the Reichsmarine in April 1933. Before the war he served on the light cruisers Köln and Nürnberg and the battleship Schleswig-Holstein. From December 1939 he served in several positions ashore before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1941. Following standard training he spent a few months as a Kommandantenschüler (prospective commanding officer) on U-371 before taking over command of U-62, then U-72. In May 1942 he returned to U-371 to command her on 13 successful patrols in the Mediterranean over the next two years, sinking, among other vessels, three Allied warships. He left U-371 in April 1944 to join the FdU Mittelmeer (U-Boat Command Mediterranean) staff, and also held two other staff positions. After the war he served in a minesweeper unit for three months. https://uboat.net/men/mehl.htm Postwar signed photo measuring 3 ½” x 5” signed on reverse Price: $25.00 Please contact us before ordering to confirm availability and shipping costs. Buy now with your credit card other ways to buy