Volker Simmermacher
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 2 ships damaged for a total of 7.324 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 8.246 GRT |
| Born | 1 Feb, 1919 | Strasbourg |
| Died | 27 Aug, 1999 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-107 | Jul, 1943 | - | Aug, 1944 | 3 patrols (197 days) |
| U-3013 | 22 Nov, 1944 | - | 3 May, 1945 | No war patrols |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-107 | 28 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 3 Oct, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 68 days |
| 2. | U-107 | 10 Nov, 1943 | Lorient | 12 Nov, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-107 | 16 Nov, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 8 Jan, 1944 | Lorient | Patrol, | 54 days |
| 4. | U-107 | 30 Apr, 1944 | Lorient | 2 May, 1944 | Lorient | 3 days | |
| 5. | U-107 | 10 May, 1944 | Lorient | 23 Jul, 1944 | Lorient | Patrol, | 75 days |
| 3 patrols, 197 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Volker Simmermacher
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Aug, 1943 | U-107 | Albert Gallatin | 7.176 |  | am | damaged | |
| 11 Sep, 1943 | U-107 | USS Rapidan (AO 18) [Mine] | 8.246 | | am | NG-385 | damaged |
| 13 Jun, 1944 | U-107 | Lark | 148 | | am | damaged | |
| 15.570 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.