D.I.D. KAPITÄNLEUTNANT Herman Unger (14Jun19 - 12Oct44) R.I.P.

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Promotions
27JAN40 SEEKADETT
01NOV40 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01SEP42 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01DEC42 LEUTNANT Z. S.
03JUN44 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
12OCT44 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
01JUL44 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
21AUG44 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
12OCT44 KNIGHT'S CROSS

U-Bootwaffe Postings
29OCT43 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01JUN44 2nd Flotilla (2 patrols)
15SEP44 7th Flotilla (1 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01JUN44 U-1225, Type IXC/40 (3 patrols)

Details of Loss
U-1225 was the last U-boat to leave Lorient, doing so under enemy gunfire and air attack. U-1225 was heavily damaged by depth bombs while attempting to find a way past the anti-submarine nets the Allies had placed across the mouth of the estuary at Lamor-Piages and Gavres. Despite this, KptLt. Unger guided U-1225 past the ASW vessels patrolling outside the sub-net and escaped across the Bay of Biscay. While en route to Bergen, U-1225 encountered and sank 7 vessels totalling 36,124 tons. While maneuvering to attack the last of these, U-1225 was severly damaged by VLR Liberators flying out of Iceland. Despite losing one diesel engine, Unger was able to complete the attack. U-1225 was sunk the next day, October 12, 1944, by an RCAF Catalina, north of the Faeroe Islands.

Summary
3 war patrols, 43 sea days
7 ships sunk, 36,124 tons
17 aircraft shot down

Kapitaenleutnant Hermann Unger and U-1225 were lost on 12OCT44.