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U-35 crewmember Erwin Mai
Erwin Mai was born on 12 July 1916 in Elz near
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crew of U-35 on about 05 December 1936, including Erwin Mai.
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crew of U-35, including Erwin Mai, in September 1937 in |
Erwin Mai was assigned to U-101 as of its commissioning
on 11 March 1940 until 10 December 1941. On one of these patrols, was host
to official war correspondent Harald Busch, who recorded many photographs and
subsequently published the book U-Boot Auf Feindfahrt; Erwin
Mai is featured in two of the photos:
(After the war, Harald Busch published the book So war Der U-Boot Krieg; Erwin Mai is likely the Erwin featured in part of the book.)
Erwin Mai served briefly on U-146 and
U-150 during 1942 and finally served as Obersteuermann of U-845
as of 01 May 1943. He was killed when U-845 was sunk on 10 March 1944.
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