Soldbuchs 6
His Soldbuch was checked 1 September 1944, by te U-Boot Flotille. The stamp beneath is from Screening Unit of Sanitats Amt Marine Oberkommando Ostsee 21 March 1945.
The entries on page 21, date from October 1945 to July 1946. He was a part of the German Minsweepers based in Kiel (cleaning up the mines still floating in the North Sea). There is one stamp from 4 Company 4 Unit Marine Driver Unit Kiel.
Page 23 shows he was issued cigarettes and the ink stamps include, 3 U-Boot Ausbildung Abteilung, 6 U-Boot Flotille and 4 U-Boot Flotille, U-Boot Nordsee, 1 U-Boot Ausbildung Abteilung.
Page 24 has an ink stamp from 10 U-Boot Flotille and a handwritten entry from the post-war Marine Flotille sweeping mines, October 1945.
Page 27 has his paygrade as 16 at the top of the page. The rest are entries of being issued soap and powder, with dates 1943-1945.
Pages 28 and 29 contain pay received from January to October 1945.
Pages 30 and 31 are a continuation of pay entries that date into 1947.
For his leave, he went home to his parents’ in Gablonz. All 1944 dated and classified as “Freie Reise.”
I have enlarged this photo of him in uniform wearing his U-Boot Badge. It measures about 2.5 x 4 inches that are waffled. The back has written: Rudolf Joukel geb. 20.09.1924. Abseder Emilie Prade, Mettenheim, Pfarrhof 3, Krs. Muhldorf am Inn. It is from a Gablonz photo studio.
The Soldbuch is a little loose inside the cover. You can see where he somewhat attempted to cover the swastika on the front, since he was carrying it into 1947, while employeed minesweeping.
Of interest, is that he is listed as missing-in-action as of 1 Januay 1945, in the area of Gdingen, Nowy Port, Zoppot (Northern Poland).
Awesome rare U-Boot Soldbuch!
