Wolfgang Lüth in the Indian Ocean

Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Lüth (Kommandant U-181) checking the torpedoes while on patrol with his boat in the Indian Ocean, 6 May 1943. This patrol was outstanding because it was the second longest patrol of the war, lasting 205 days (March - October 1943), second only to Eitel Friedrich Kentrat's incredible 225 days on U-196. To maintain morale during this patrol Lüth pioneered various ideas, such as publishing a ship's newspaper, holding contests of various types, and other activities designed to keep the crew mentally and physically fit.

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/b91e5ee4-0259-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/41fff03e-56e9-0254-3c24-5e36f5798a48?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=l%C3%BCth&rows=1&page=1
https://uboat.net/men/luth.htm

Reinhard Suhren during the Commissioning of U-564

Oberleutnant zur See Reinhard "Teddy" Suhren and his crew stand to attention on the stern deck of U-564 during the boat's commissioning in Hamburg, 3 April 1941. Occupying the front row of the assembled crew are, from left to right: Matrosengefreiter Heinz Schmutzler, Matrosenobergefreiter Werner Grünert, and Matrosengefreiter Roland Schiedhelm, all were present throughout Teddy's command of the boat.

Source :
"U-Boat War Patrol: The Hidden Photographic Diary Of U-564" by Lawrence Paterson
https://uboat.net/forums/read.php?3,20427

Günther Prien and Luftwaffe Airmen

 

Günther Prien chatting with the Luftwaffe bomber crew who were rescued from the Atlantic on 6 June 1940. U-47 put out from Kiel on 3 June hoping for better fortune. All seemed to start well when on 6 June, three days into the patrol, U-47 successfully rescued three Luftwaffe bomber crewmen whose aircraft had been shot down over the Atlantic; having been welcomed on board it must have been some experience for the airmen, who had to spend a month in unfamiliar conditions sharing the latrine with forty other men and eating nutritious submarine food!

Source :
Denis Daum photo collection
http://www.u47.org/english/u47_pri.asp?page=5