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Sep 27, 1910 Hamburg, Germany Died on 12 Apr 1992 (aged 81)
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
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About Gunter Jahn
- Gunter Jahn (27 September 1910 – 12 April 1992) was German U-boat commander during World War II.
- He was born in Hamburg, Germany and began his naval career in April 1931 as a Seekadett.
- He first served on the light cruiser Nürnberg for more than two years, including nine patrols in the first year of the war. In March 1941 Jahn joined the U-boat force and his first patrol were on board U-98 in September 1941.
- Later in November he commissioned U-596.
- On his second patrol he broke through the Strait of Gibraltar and went on to become one of the most successful U-boat commanders in the Mediterranean Sea.
- In July 1943 he left the boat and became the commander of the 29th U-boat Flotilla.
- In September 1944 he fell into French captivity, where he spent nearly two years.
