Eberhard Bopst (25 December 1913 – 12 October 1942) was a German
U-boat commander
in
World War II.
Naval career
Eberhard Bopst joined the ''
Reichsmarine'' in April 1933 and prior to transferring to the U-boat section served on the destroyers ''
Georg Thiele'' (as 3rd Watch Officer, 1936–1937), ''
Leberecht Maass
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'' (1937–1938) and ''
Bernd von Arnim'' (December 1938 – 1940). On ''Bernd von Arnim'' he saw action in the
Spanish Civil War, receiving the
Spanish Cross in Silver without Swords, and at the
Battles of Narvik, receiving the
Narvik Shield. After the
Norwegian Campaign he returned to Germany, joining the
U-boat arm in July 1940. His first command was , a
Type IIA
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coastal boat, but he commissioned the
Type VIIC
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Conc ...
in November 1941. He went down with her when she was sunk with all hands in position , by depth charges from an RAF
Liberator
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* ''Liberators'' (novel), a 2009 novel by James Wesley Rawles
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on 12 October 1942. Bopst was posthumously promoted to ''
Korvettenkapitän''.
Awards
*
Four Year Wehrmacht Long Service Award - March 1937
*
Spanish Cross in Silver without Swords - 6 June 1939
*
Iron Cross 2nd Class - November 1939
*
Destroyer War Badge - April 1940
*
Narvik Shield - April 1940
*
Iron Cross 1st Class - August 1941
References
Bibliography
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1913 births
1942 deaths
German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class
Reichsmarine personnel
Military personnel from Berlin
Kriegsmarine personnel killed in World War II
People lost at sea
Deaths by airstrike during World War II
People from Charlottenburg
U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine)
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