| Born | 25 Sep 1919 | Kempen, Posen | |
| Died | 19 Apr 1945 | (25) | Kattegat |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-591 | 15 May 1943 | 17 May 1943 | No war patrols |
| U-120 | 26 Jul 1943 | 14 Sep 1944 | No war patrols |
| U-56 | 23 Feb 1945 | Apr, 1945 | No war patrols |
In April 1945 Joachim Sauerbier was assigned to take command of the U-324 stationed at Bergen, Norway. He boarded the U-251 at Kiel, Germany as a passenger for Norway (Busch & Röll, 1999). The boat was sunk on 19 April 1945 by British and Norwegian aircraft south of Göteborg, Sweden (Niestlé, 1998). Oblt Sauerbier died on the boat when she sank (Busch & Röll, 1999).
Ships hit by Joachim Sauerbier
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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.
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