Victor Oehrn

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Victor Oehrn (21 October 1907-26 December 1997) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-14 and U-37, sinking twenty-four ships on four patrols, for a total of 104,846 tons of Allied shipping, to stand 28th on the list of highest scoring U-Boat aces of WWII. Oehrn joined the Reichsmarine in 1927, serving aboard the light cruisers Königsberg and Karlsruhe, before being one of the first officers to transfer to the newly-formed U-boat arm in July 1935. He was appointed to command of U-14 in January 1936, and patrolled in Spanish waters during the Civil War in July-September 1936. In August 1939 he joined the staff of BdU as an Admiralstabsoffizier.