Gerhard Bigalk (26 November 1908 – 17 July 1942) was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-751. He was a recipient of...
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sunk on 21 December 1941 by the German submarine U-751, commanded by Gerhard Bigalk. The first rescue ship left because of warnings of a nearby U-boat,...
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in the air. The first torpedo fired by U-751 under Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Bigalk hit her in the engine room and she began to settle by the stern. The...
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flag). Walter Adolph Wilhelm Balthasar* Hans-Henning Freiherr von Beust Gerhard Bigalk Hermann Boehm (admiral) Kurt Böhmer Hubertus von Bonin Eberhard Bopst...
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operational boat until 17 July 1942, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Bigalk. U-751 served in seven patrols with the 7th U-boat Flotilla, sinking...
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Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2. Von Seemen, Gerhard (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 : die Ritterkreuzträger sämtlicher...
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Convoy SC 30 Convoy HX 126 Convoy HX 128 Commanders Notable commanders Gerhard Bigalk Engelbert Endrass Robert Gysae Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Wilhelm Kleinschmidt...
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May 1940 HMS Weston U-14 1935 IIB Victor Oehrn, Herbert Wohlfarth, Gerhard Bigalk, Hans Heidtmann 0 0 0 0 9 12,344 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945 U-15 1936...
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Peter Sissons, BBC journalist, in Liverpool, England (d. 2019) Died: Gerhard Bigalk, 33, German U-boat commander (killed in the sinking of U-751) Maury...
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U-750 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945 U-751 1940 VIIC Gerhard Bigalk, Hans-Heinrich Döhler 1 11,000 0 0 5 21,412 1 8,096 0 0 Sunk 17 July...
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September 1941 9 September 1941 Fort Richepanse U-568 Joachim Preuss 2 September 1941 8 September 1941 U-751 Gerhard Bigalk 2 September 1941 5 September 1941...
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1939 Oblt.z.S. Herbert Wohlfarth 19 October 1939 – 1 June 1940 Kptlt. Gerhard Bigalk 2 June – August 1940 Oblt.z.S. Hans Heidtmann August – 29 September...
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became the Second Watch Officer on U-751, serving under the command of Gerhard Bigalk. He went out on two patrols with the boat, spending 67 days at sea....
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U-108 26 December 1941 Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942 41 Gerhard Bigalk 14-MKapitänleutnant Commander of U-751 26 December 1941 killed in action...
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U-108 26 December 1941 Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942 93 Gerhard Bigalk 14Kapitänleutnant commander of U-751 26 December 1941 Killed in action...
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