Ralf-Reimar Wolfram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ralf-Reimar Wolfram

German navy officer and WWII submarine commander

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1912

Place of Birth: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1945

Profession: submariner, soldier

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Ralf-Reimar Wolfram

  • Ralf-Reimar Wolfram was a Korvettenkapitän during World War II.
  • During his career he commanded two U-boats for a total of 118 days at sea spanning four patrols.
  • During his third patrol he successfully sank the SS Robert Gray, an American liberty ship.
  • Robert Gray was a straggler from convoy HX 234 en route to Britain. For Wolfram's fourth patrol, he commanded U-864 during Operation Caesar.
  • He was killed when his submarine was sunk by the British submarine, Venturer.
  • This was the only known instance of one submerged submarine sinking another submerged submarine.
  • U-864 remains Wolfram's grave to this day.

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