Lieutenant Commander Kazuo Hashimoto (27 Jan 21 - 20 Nov 43) R.I.P.
 

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Promotions
14DEC38 SEEKADETT
01AUG39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JAN42 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUN42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
16MAR42 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
16JAN43 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
09JUL42 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
11OCT42 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
16JAN43 KNIGHT'S CROSS
09MAY43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
01JUL43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
11AUG43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS
26SEP43 GERMAN CROSS
26SEP43 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH GOLDEN OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS


Badges
11OCT42 U-BOAT BADGE
16JAN43 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
U-Bootwaffe Postings
01MAR43 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
03FEB42 10th Flotilla (10 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
03FEB42 U-511, Type IXC (10 patrols)

Patrol Dates Ships Sunk
(Merchant/Warship) Tonnage
(Merchant/Warship) Comments
1 03FEB42 - 16MAR42 (42 days) 14 (13/1) 78495 (76645/1850) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 34.48%)
2 23MAY42 - 09JUL42 (48 days) 15 (15/0) 95311 (95311/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 88.20%)
3 31AUG42 - 11OCT42 (42 days) 14 (11/3) 78296 (72271/6025)
4 03DEC42 - 16JAN43 (45 days) 12 (12/0) 107054 (107054/0)
5 10MAR43 - 09MAY43 (61 days) 8 (6/2) 78065 (51950/26115) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 85.58%)
6 10MAY43 - 01JUL43 (53 days) 14 (14/0) 111106 (111106/0)
7 02JUL43 - 11AUG43 (41 days) 19 (19/0) 93432 (93432/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 93.87%)
8 18AUG43 - 26SEP43 (40 days) 12 (11/1) 99482 (86182/13300)
9 27SEP43 - 26OCT43 (30 days) 12 (12/0) 84955 (84955/0)
10 27OCT43 - 20NOV43 (25 days) 11 (10/1) 64136 (62786/1350) U-Boat lost
TOTALS: 10 patrols (427 days) 131 (123/8) 890332 (841692/48640) 0 enemy planes downed
64 crew lost

Summary
In 1941, Lieutenant Commander Kazuo Hashimoto was the naval attache in Berlin. After the outbreak of war, he arranged for the purchase of a IXC boat in exchange for raw strategic materials. He then volunteered to take the boat back to Japan as her captain.


He received temperary comission (as OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.) in the KM and undertook 4 very successful patrols in the Eastern US seaboard and Caribean in U-511 under the KM ensign.


On April 15th, 1943, as the U-511 passed the southern tip of Africa, the German navy jack is lowered on U-511 for the last time. The U-511 were then re-christened the RO-500 into the Imperial Japanese Navy.


U-511/RO-500 was lost sometime on 20NOV43 while attacking a convoy outside of Capetown. Lieutenant Commander Hashimoto and his entire crew become the only IJN unit lost in the Atlantic.

Death Registry HERE.

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Name: ALOIS HANSEN
Date of Birth: 08DEC19
Place of Birth: LÖHNE
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
29DEC38 SEEKADETT
01NOV39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUN41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
03AUG43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.


Medals
05JAN44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
05JAN44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
03APR44 KNIGHT'S CROSS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
26MAR42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01AUG43 2nd Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01AUG43 U-193, Type IXC/40 (3 patrols)

Details of Loss
U-193 is missing since 1944 JUNE 06 and is presumed lost to enemy aircraft West of el Ferrol.

Summary
3 war patrols, 88 sea days
6 ships sunk, 31,098 tons

Oberleutnant z.s. Alois Hansen (8 Dec 19 - 6 Jun 44) R.I.P.
 

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Promotions
29DEC38 SEEKADETT
01NOV39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUN41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
03AUG43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.


Medals
05JAN44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
05JAN44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
03APR44 KNIGHT'S CROSS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
26MAR42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01AUG43 2nd Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01AUG43 U-193, Type IXC/40 (3 patrols)

Details of Loss
U-193 is missing since 1944 JUNE 06 and is presumed lost to enemy aircraft West of el Ferrol.

Summary
3 war patrols, 88 sea days
6 ships sunk, 31,098 tons

U-354
Ltn.z.See Karl-Heinz HERBSCHLEB
Type VII C/2
11. Flotilla (Bergen)

Patrol 1
1-10-1942 to 2-10-1943 (2 Days)
Shakedown patrol off Bergen, hit and demaged by enemy a/c

Patrol 2
25-10-1942 to 12-12-1942 (48 Days)
Patrol to Spitsbergen, Jan-Mayen Island and Shetland Islands. No ships sunk

Patrol 3
29-1-1943 - 10-2-1943 (last radio message received)
Boat was last reported on 10-2-43 operating against an enemy convoi in grid AB67; no signs of life since that.

Boat must be presumed lost with its crew of 46 seamen while operating against enemy convoi.

No ships sunk in this career.

(In fact I didn't lost the boat, but can't reload the savegame any more, seems I screwed something up with installing a mod within a patrol:damn:)

Cheers,

Bad luck. You have to be carefull when loading mods. Rule of thumb be in port and roll back SHIII commander prior to adding mods. It may be possible to load some while in game but why take a chance?

Going on three weeks without a request for a Death Card. Are we still true to D.I.D. play?

Name: EDUARD MERTINS
Date of Birth: 07FEB18
Place of Birth: GOLDAP/OSTPREUSSEN
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
08DEC38 SEEKADETT
01SEP39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
16JUN43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
NIL

Badges
NIL

U-Bootwaffe Postings
21JUN42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
02JUN43 23rd/29th Flotilla (1 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
02JUN43 U-968, Type VIIC (1 patrols)

Sunk on first patrol in Grid CJ76 in the Med after attempting to attack a convoy. Forced to the surface after a prolonged depth charge attack. Rammed and sunk.

Summary
Oberleutnant z. S. Eduard Mertins and surving members of the crew surrendered to the Allies on 16JUN43. Eduard Mertins was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. A few days after the war ended, Eduard Mertins died in an unfortunate accident. He was shot by a German sentry when he failed to identify himself or give the password. The unlucky shot, fired by the sentry at a target he could not even see in the darkness, struck Eduard Mertins in the head, killing him instantly.

Oblt z.s. Eduard Mertins (7 Feb 18 - 16 Jun 43) R.I.P.
 

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Name: EDUARD MERTINS
Date of Birth: 07FEB18
Place of Birth: GOLDAP/OSTPREUSSEN
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
08DEC38 SEEKADETT
01SEP39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL41 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
16JUN43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
NIL

Badges
NIL

U-Bootwaffe Postings
21JUN42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
02JUN43 23rd/29th Flotilla (1 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
02JUN43 U-968, Type VIIC (1 patrols)

Sunk on first patrol in Grid CJ76 in the Med after attempting to attack a convoy. Forced to the surface after a prolonged depth charge attack. Rammed and sunk.

Summary
Oberleutnant z. S. Eduard Mertins and surving members of the crew surrendered to the Allies on 16JUN43. Eduard Mertins was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. A few days after the war ended, Eduard Mertins died in an unfortunate accident.

BdU Death Registry HERE.

Only reason I play D.I.D is because the same reason I purchased this game..It promised me (on the cover) a SIM that reflects the exsperiance of a WW2 U-BOAT commander.

Almost three weeks without a D.I.D. Either we are getting better or the Brits ar getting worst. Or, maybee no one is reporting D.I.D's?????

Give me time, its just summer 1940, my last nonDID game i died the first time on 42.

Name: HEINRICH CROMM
Date of Birth: 06SEP20
Place of Birth: DUISBURG-RUHRORT
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
25JAN39 SEEKADETT
01OCT39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT40 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01APR41 LEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
20FEB43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS

Badges
30JAN43 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP

U-Bootwaffe Postings
07AUG41 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
03NOV42 2nd Flotilla (4 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
03NOV42 U-176, Type IXC (4 patrols)

PatrolDatesShips Sunk
TOTALS:4 patrols (67 days)6 (6/0)52050 (52050/0)0 enemy planes downed
51 crew lost

Summary
Leutnant z. S. Heinrich Cromm and U-176 was lost with all hands sometime on 18MAR43 around patrol grid CF26 while attacking a northbound convoy.

Damn those hedgehogs!!!!:dead:

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Name: DIETER POHL
Date of Birth: 30JAN18
Place of Birth: GROHN
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW 38)

Promotions
02DEC38 SEEKADETT
01MAR40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JAN42 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAY42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
04MAR44 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
04JUN44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
04JUN44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
20OCT42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01MAR44 10th Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01MAR44 U-853, Type IXC/40 (1 patrol)

Details of Loss
While approaching the Bay of Biscay returning from his patrol position SSW of the Azores, U-853 was attacked by USN carrier-based aircraft and suffered engine and rudder damage. Several hours later, the boat was detected by a hunter-killer group of the Royal Canadian Navy. After taking severe damage, U-853 was forced to the surface and surrendered.

Summary
1 war patrol, 37 sea days
5 ships sunk, 22,009 tons
8 aircraft shot down

Oberleutnant z. S. Dieter Pohl and U-853 surrendered to the Allies on 04JUN44. Dieter Pohl was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. He died on 2 November 1979 in Emden.

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Promotions
02DEC38 SEEKADETT
01MAR40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JAN42 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAY42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
04MAR44 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
04JUN44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
04JUN44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
20OCT42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01MAR44 10th Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01MAR44 U-853, Type IXC/40 (1 patrol)

Details of Loss
While approaching the Bay of Biscay returning from his patrol position SSW of the Azores, U-853 was attacked by USN carrier-based aircraft and suffered engine and rudder damage. Several hours later, the boat was detected by a hunter-killer group of the Royal Canadian Navy. After taking severe damage, U-853 was forced to the surface and surrendered.

Summary
1 war patrol, 37 sea days
5 ships sunk, 22,009 tons
8 aircraft shot down

Oberleutnant z. S. Dieter Pohl and U-853 surrendered to the Allies on 04JUN44. Dieter Pohl was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. He died on 2 November 1979 in Emden.


DbU DeathRegistration HERE.

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Name: ERICH BLAUERT
Date of Birth: 13AUG19
Place of Birth: BREMEN
Date of Intake: 01APR39 (CREW 39)

Promotions
26DEC39 SEEKADETT
01JUL40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAR42 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
02APR44 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
09APR44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
30APR44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
27AUG43 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01APR44 29th Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01MAR44 U-967, Type VIIC (3 patrols)

Details of Loss
U-967 was sunk by USAF VLR Liberators, while the u-boat was leaving Toulon harbour at the start of its third patrol.

Summary
3 war patrols, 16 sea days
4 ships sunk, 12,037 tons
2 aircraft shot down

Oberleutnant z. S. Erich Blauert and U-853 were lost on 16AUG44. 8 members of the engineering crew were rescued.