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Jurgen Oesten Died : 5 / 8 / 2010

Jurgen Oesten (deceased) Jurgen Oesten joined the Kriesgmarine in April 1933. He first served on the Admiral Graf Spee and Karlsruhe but transfered to U-Boats in May 1937. In October 1937 he became Watch Officer on U-20 and in August 1939 he joined the new U-Boat U-61 which he served on for 8 patrols, sinking 6 ships during his mine laying patrols. In November he joined U-106. During her first patrol U-106 sank two ships on her way to her new base at Lorient. Jurgen Oesten was awarded the Knights Cross on his second patrol, off Africa where he sank eight ships. During this attack he torpedoed and damaged the British attleship HMS Malaya. In March 1942 he became Admiralstabsoffizier in Norway with Admiral Nordmeer and directed U-boat operations in the Arctic. In September he again joined the U-boats and joined U-861 and in April 1944 she joined the Monson Boats which was a special Wolfpack operating far away from germany, out of japanese bases in Indonesia at Jakarta, Penang and Sebang, sinking two ships on her way to Penang. U-861 operated at sea for five months, after which she was ordered back to Germany with vital supplies. On the 15th January 1945 U-861 left Soerabaya in Indonesia. On the return journey off Greenland Oesten struck an Iceburg but managed to reach Trondheim on 19th April 1945. His awards were as follows: 6th June 1939, The Spanish Cross, 3rd December 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, 27 February 1940, Iron Cross 1st Class, 26th March 1941 Knights Cross. Sadly, Jurgen Oesten passed away on 5th August 2010.

Latest Jurgen Oesten (deceased) Signed Artwork Releases !
The Channel Dash - Swordfish Attack by Jason Askew. (P)	U-Boat of the 11th Flotilla by Jason Askew. (P)	Tribute to the U-Boat Commanders by Jason Askew. (P)	Otto Kretschmer - U-Boat Commander by Jason Askew. (P)

Items Signed by Jurgen Oesten (deceased)

	Surprise Attack by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00	The German crew of a Type VII U-boat man the guns as their submarine comes under a surprise attack from a Beaufighter of Coastal Command. ......
	Surprise Attack by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	The German crew of a Type VII U-boat man the guns as their submarine comes under a surprise attack from a Beaufighter of Coastal Command. ......
	Surprise Attack by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	The German crew of a Type VII U-boat man the guns as their submarine comes under a surprise attack from a Beaufighter of Coastal Command. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Depth Charge Attack by Jason Askew. (P) SOLD OUT	Type VIID U-Boat.......	NOT AVAILABLE
	U-Boat by Jason Askew. (P) SOLD OUT	Type VIID U-Boat.......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Mosquito Attack on U-2359 by Jason Askew. (P) SOLD OUT	On May 2nd 1945, Twenty-seven Mosquito aircraft from 143, 235, 248, 333 and 404 Squadrons on anti-submarine patrol around Kattegat sunk thte German minesweeper M293 and U-2359, a Type XXII U-Boat of 234 tons commanded by Oberleutnant Gustav Bischoff......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Tribute to the Crews of Coastal Command - the Sinking of U-426 by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £580.00	U-426 was sunk on 8th January 1944 west of Nantes, France, in position 46.47N, 10.42W, by depth charges from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (RAAF Sqdn. 10/U). All 51 crew aboard the u-boat were lost. ......
	Tribute to the U-Boat Crews - U48 by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £580.00	U48 was one of the most successful uboats during the war, with over 50 ships sunk, including the Royal Navy sloop HMS Dundee. She was scuttled at the end of the war on 3rd May 1945.......
	Swordfish Strike on U-451 by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £550.00	U-451 was sunk on 21st December 1941 near Tangiers, in position 35.55N, 06.08W, by depth charges from a British Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 812/A). There was just one survivor from the crew of 45. ......
	Swordfish Attack on U-652 by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £390.00	On 2nd June 1942 U-652 was scuttled after sustaining heavy damage from an attack by Swordfish aircraft. All the crew of the submarine were safe as she was sunk by torpedoes from U-81. ......

	Hunter's Lair by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £400.00	The experienced crew of a WW2 German U-boat hunt their next target. ......
	Erich Topp - U-Boat Commander by Jason Askew. (P) Price : £580.00	A U-Boat is attacked on the surface by a Beaufighter. A portrait of Erich Topp accompanies this scene. ......