Name: JOHANN RUTSCH
Date of Birth: 03NOV17
Place of Birth: HABELSCHWERDT
Date of Intake: 01APR35 (CREW 35)
PERSONNEL FILE
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Name: JOHANN RUTSCH |
Promotions 20JAN36 SEEKADETT 01OCT36 FÄHNRICH Z. S. 01JUL38 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S. 01NOV38 LEUTNANT Z. S. 11DEC40 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S. 24FEB41 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT |
Medals 08NOV40 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS 11DEC40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS 24FEB41 KNIGHT'S CROSS 08APR41 GERMAN CROSS 08APR41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES 08APR41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS 18MAY41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS 29AUG41 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH GOLDEN OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS Badges 11DEC40 U-BOAT BADGE 11DEC40 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP |
U-Bootwaffe Postings
07APR39 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01AUG40 2nd Flotilla (8 patrols)
27SEP41 5th Flotilla (Training)
U-Boat Commands
01AUG40 U-65, Type IXB (8 patrols)
27SEP41 NIL
| Patrol | Dates | Ships Sunk (Merchant/Warship) |
Tonnage (Merchant/Warship) |
Comments |
| 1 | 01AUG40 - 02SEP40 (33 days) | 16 (15/1) | 74205 (72955/1250) | U-boat damaged (H.I. 91.57%) |
| 2 | 12OCT40 - 08NOV40 (28 days) | 13 (13/0) | 77307 (77307/0) | |
| 3 | 06DEC40 - 11DEC40 (6 days) | 15 (15/0) | 76133 (76133/0) | |
| 4 | 08JAN41 - 24FEB41 (48 days) | 14 (14/0) | 91632 (91632/0) | |
| 5 | 24MAR41 - 08APR41 (16 days) | 14 (14/0) | 113514 (113514/0) | |
| 6 | 06MAY41 - 18MAY41 (13 days) | 10 (10/0) | 88491 (88491/0) | U-boat damaged (H.I. 99.83%) |
| 7 | 16JUN41 - 01JUL41 (16 days) | 13 (11/2) | 102730 (86405/16325) | |
| 8 | 29JUL41 - 29AUG41 (32 days) | 13 (13/0) | 54608 (54608/0) | |
| TOTALS: | 8 patrols (192 days) | 108 (105/3) | 678620 (661045/17575) | 0 enemy planes downed 0 crew lost |
Summary
After his duty at the front, Johann Rutsch commanded the Marinesturmbataillon I (Naval Assault Battalion I). After the war Johann Rutsch completed a commercial training course and worked for some years as a commercial representative. Then he retired from this profession to become the director of a sailing school on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. He was for a long time the chairman of the "Verband der U-Boots-Fahrer" in Germany. He died on 4 November 1982 in Hamburg.