Peters, Broder
Personal Data |
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| Born : | 09.09.1912 |
| Place of Birth : | Niebull |
| Died : | 08.01.1941 |
| Place of death : | vor Dunkirk 51.05N-02.08.E. |
| Buried : | Bourdon Block 15. Reihe 9. Grab 319. |
Military Data |
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| Rank : | OLt.z.S.01.04.39. |
| Serial Number/ date joined navy : | Crew of 1934 |
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Naval record |
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| 5.T Flot."WOLF"+ Kdt.(01.40-01.41). 31.03.1940: Together with the torpedo boat Leopard, the Wolf escorts the auxiliary cruiser Atlantis through the North Sea. 07.04.1940: Operation Weserübung: Wolf joins the torpedo boat Leopard in the Bergen Attack Group. 29-30.04.1940: Together with the destroyers Richard Beitzen and Bruno Heinemann and the torpedo boats Leopard, Kondorand Möwe , the Wolf escorts the mine layers Kaiser , Roland and Preussen while laying the mine feld 17n. The mine layers carry over 1000 mines. The Leopard is lost after being rammed by the mine layer Kaiser. 08.09.10.1940: Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. 11-12.10.1940: Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. The French submarine hunters Ch6 and Ch7 and the British armed trawlers Listrac and Warwick Deepingare sunk. 17-18.10.1940: Operation against the Bristol Channel together with the destroyers Friedrich Ihn , Erick Steinbrinck , Hans Lody , Karl Galster and the torpedo boats Falke , Greif , Jaguar , Kondor , and Seeadler . Short engangement with British cruisers and destroyers. 07-08.01.1940: Mine laying operation of Kondorand Wolf near Dover. 08.01.1941 boat struck a mine shortly before midnight while returning from a mine-laying operation and sank with the loss of 45 crew. | |
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