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[RoaldLarsen]

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Name: XAVIER XANDER
Date of Birth: 29APR16
Place of Birth: MÜNCHEN-GLADBACH
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
08DEC38 SEEKADETT
01APR40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01APR41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01AUG41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
09MAR43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
19JUL43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS (Posthumous)

U-Bootwaffe Postings
11MAR42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
06MAR43 2nd Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
06MAR43 U-191, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
Radio contact with U-191 was lost on 11 JUL 43 while she was en route to a patrol area north of the Bahamas. Her last known position was in BE6. British sources reported a u-boat sunk by aircraft on 19 JUL 43, south of Ireland and this is presumed to be U-191. This was U-191's second patrol.

Summary
2 war patrols, 35 sea days
1 ship sunk, 7,345 tons

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U-Bootwaffe Postings
11MAR42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
06MAR43 2nd Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
06MAR43 U-191, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
Radio contact with U-191 was lost on 11 JUL 43 while she was en route to a patrol area north of the Bahamas. Her last known position was in BE6. British sources reported a u-boat sunk by aircraft on 19 JUL 43, south of Ireland and this is presumed to be U-191. This was U-191's second patrol.

Summary
2 war patrols, 35 sea days
1 ship sunk, 7,345 tons


BDU Registery HERE.

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PERSONNEL FILE

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Name: GÜNTER BUBLITZ
Date of Birth: 02DEC13
Place of Birth: LYCHEN
Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34)

Promotions
05DEC34 SEEKADETT
01SEP35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV37 LEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
NIL

Badges
14DEC39 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
05JUL38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01SEP39 1st Flotilla (8 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01SEP39 U-14, Type IIA (8 patrols)

PatrolDatesShips Sunk
(Merchant/Warship)Tonnage
(Merchant/Warship)Comments101SEP39 - 13SEP39 (13 days)3 (3/0)7209 (7209/0)U-boat damaged (H.I. 94.72%)227SEP39 - 07OCT39 (11 days)1 (1/0)8083 (8083/0)321OCT39 - 29OCT39 (9 days)0 (0/0)0 (0/0)412NOV39 - 17NOV39 (6 days)1 (1/0)2396 (2396/0)501DEC39 - 14DEC39 (14 days)2 (1/1)4280 (3030/1250)621DEC39 - 05JAN40 (16 days)2 (1/1)8130 (8083/47)U-boat damaged (H.I. 96.68%)712JAN40 - 21JAN40 (10 days)0 (0/0)0 (0/0)U-boat damaged (H.I. 90.80%)831JAN40 - 07FEB40 (8 days)2 (1/1)3353 (2253/1100)U-boat lostTOTALS:8 patrols (87 days)11 (8/3)33451 (31054/2397)1 enemy planes downed
30 crew lostSummary

Leutnant z. S. Günter Bublitz and U-14 were lost sometime on 07FEB40. U-14 was destroyed on the surface by an armed trawler after engaging two of them sinking one.

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Promotions
05DEC34 SEEKADETT
01SEP35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV37 LEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
NIL

Badges
14DEC39 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
05JUL38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01SEP39 1st Flotilla (8 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01SEP39 U-14, Type IIA (8 patrols)

Summary

Leutnant z. S. Günter Bublitz and U-14 were lost sometime on 07FEB40. U-14 was destroyed on the surface by an armed trawler after engaging two of them sinking one.

BDU Death Registry HERE.

[RoaldLarsen]

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Name: ZESLAF ZAPF
Date of Birth: 10JAN17
Place of Birth: FARM TREUFELS/SÜDAFRIKA
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38

Promotions
23JAN39 SEEKADETT
01JAN40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAY41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
08MAY43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
13AUG43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS(Posthumous)

U-Bootwaffe Postings
15AUG42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
03MAY43 10th Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
03MAY43 U-533, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
U-533 was lost on her first war patrol. She was sunk on Friday the 13th of August, 1943, by aircraft somewhere in quadrant CG1.

Summary
1 war patrol, 8 sea days

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Medals
13AUG43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS(Posthumous)

U-Bootwaffe Postings
15AUG42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
03MAY43 10th Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
03MAY43 U-533, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
U-533 was lost on her first war patrol. She was sunk on Friday the 13th of August, 1943, by aircraft somewhere in quadrant CG1.

Summary
1 war patrol, 8 sea days

[BasilY]

Laufen,

May be you should compile a table on the cause of death. And compare it to historical data.

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Thanks. Good idea

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Four days with no mis-haps?

[RoaldLarsen]

Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Four days with no mis-haps?

Well, I've mostly been running patrols in type VII boats this week (July-September 1943). They don't get killed nearly as often as type IX boats in 1943. My type IXs are just doing shakedown cruises for the new crews that are replacing my losses in the 2nd and 10th Flotillas, or in drydock for extensive repairs and refit.

I had a type IX returning from a shakedown cruise attacked by aircraft just off Lorient. It was so close to base that the Vorpostenboot coming out to meet me engaged the aircraft with its forward gun.

Meanwhile, U-632 of the 1st Flotilla (Oblt.zS Volker Vogel) has just returned to Brest from a 26 day patrol in August 1943 during which he sank 9 ships totalling 50,756 tons, including a passenger liner and 5 other ships in a British convoy headed for Gibralter. The only damage he sustained was when rammed by a destroyer that had crept up on him in the fog. The lookouts spotted the destroyer just in time to crash dive, so that the damage was mostly superficial, in the area of the wintergarten.

U-212 of the 11th Flotilla in Bergen (Oblt.zS Quirin Quast) is about to engage a convoy in AL26, so perhaps there will be some blood in the water for you.

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Continued good luck. Watch those planes their deadly.

[RoaldLarsen]

Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Continued good luck. Watch those planes their deadly.

Thank you.

Quast survived the experience. He only got two ships out of the convoy, a Troopship and a T2. He returned to Bergen after a 30 day patrol with a total score of 7 ships for 45896 tons. The only damage to the sub was a bit of paint scraped off the bottom of the keel when he crash dived to avoid air attack while still in Norwegian coastal waters.

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Name: BERTHOLD MACK
Date of Birth: 18MAY18
Place of Birth: WILHELMSHAVEN-RÜSTRINGEN
Date of Intake: 01APR39 (CREW 39)

Promotions
19DEC39 SEEKADETT
01FEB41 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01SEP41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JAN42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
03AUG43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
02OCT43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS(Posthumous)

U-Bootwaffe Postings
10MAY42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01AUG43 10th Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
01AUG43 U-539, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
U-533 was lost on her first war patrol. She was sunk on 02 OCT 1943, by aircraft somewhere west of Spain. Oblt.zS Mack had earlier reported sinking 3 ships for 25,733 tons from a Gibralter to England convoy, and was returning to Lorient due to damage suffered in an earlier air attack.

Summary
1 war patrol, 11 sea days
3 ships sunk, 25,733 tons

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Medals
02OCT43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS(Posthumous)

U-Bootwaffe Postings
10MAY42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01AUG43 10th Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
01AUG43 U-539, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
U-533 was lost on her first war patrol. She was sunk on 02 OCT 1943, by aircraft somewhere west of Spain. Oblt.zS Mack had earlier reported sinking 3 ships for 25,733 tons from a Gibralter to England convoy, and was returning to Lorient due to damage suffered in an earlier air attack.

Summary
1 war patrol, 11 sea days
3 ships sunk, 25,733 tons

BDU Death Regestry can be found HERE.

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