Jürgen Oesten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German World War II U-boat commander
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Place of Birth: Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
About Jürgen Oesten
- Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
- He commanded the U-boats U-61 and U-106, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command U-861.
- He sank nineteen ships for a total of 101,744 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged four others for 51,668 GRT to become number 29 on the list of the highest scoring U-Boat aces of World War II.
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