Georg-Wilhelm Schulz
| Georg-Wilhelm Schulz | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
10 March 1906 Cologne |
| Died | 5 July 1986 (aged 80) Hamburg |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän |
| Unit |
3rd U-boat Flotilla 2nd U-boat Flotilla 6th U-boat Flotilla FdU Ausbildungsflottillen 25th U-boat Flotilla |
| Commands held |
U-10, 5 January 1939–15 October 1939 U-64, 16 December 1939–13 April 1940 U-124, 11 June 1940–7 September 1941 |
| Awards |
Spanish Cross Iron Cross 1st Class U-boat War Badge 1939 Knight's Cross |
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz (10 March 1906 – 5 July 1986) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. From September 1939 until retiring from front line service in September 1941, he sank 19 ships for a total of 89,885 gross register tons (GRT). For this he received the Knight's Cross, among other commendations.
Schulz was born on 10 March 1906 in Cologne. He initially entered the merchant marine, eventually spending ten years there, including time spent on sailing ships. He joined the navy in October 1933, initially as HSO, Handelschiffoffizier (merchant ship officer). He moved to the U-boat arm on 27 September 1935 as an Oberfähnrich zur See, spending the next three and half years training on submarines. During this time he appears to have been amongst those sent to help the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War as he was awarded the Spanish Cross on 6 June 1939. He received his first command on 5 January 1939 when he took over U-10. He was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 1 April 1939 and on the outbreak of war he carried out two short patrols later that year, before leaving U-10 on 15 October.
His next command was U-64, which he took over on 16 December 1939. He took her on her first patrol off the Norwegian coast in April 1940. The patrol was only eight days old when U-64 was detected by British naval air forces on 13 April, whilst in the Herjangsfjord near Narvik. She was attacked by a Fairey Swordfish from the battleship HMS Warspite and hit by a 350-pound bomb and raked with machine gun fire.U-64 was sunk, killing eight of the crew, but 38 survivors including Schulz managed to escape to be rescued from the water by German mountain troops. Two months later Schulz took over command of U-124 and took her on a number of successful patrols.
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