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Hans-Jürgen Auffermann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 16.329 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 13.551 GRT
2 ships a total loss for a total of 8.202 GRT

Born	1 Oct, 1914	Göttingen
Died	8 Jul, 1943

Ranks

8 Apr, 1934	Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul, 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep, 1941	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1941	Iron Cross 2nd Class
Aug, 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
1942	Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Jan, 1944	German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-69	24 Aug, 1941	-	28 Aug, 1941	No war patrols
U-514	24 Jan, 1942	-	8 Jul, 1943 (+)	4 patrols (199 days)

Personal information

Like many others Hans-Jürgen Auffermann went out with his first command under ever-increasing pressure from the Allies. He successfully operated his boat for almost 200 days at sea on his rather large type IXC boat U-514.

Auffermann and his entire crew was lost on 8 July 1943 when his boat was sunk by rockets from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/R) north-east of Cape Finisterre, Spain.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-514	12 Aug, 1942	Kiel	13 Aug, 1942	Kristiansand		2 days
2.	U-514	15 Aug, 1942	Kristiansand	9 Nov, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	87 days
3.	U-514	9 Dec, 1942	Lorient	12 Feb, 1943	Lorient	Patrol	66 days
4.	U-514	15 Apr, 1943	Lorient	22 May, 1943	Lorient	Patrol	38 days
5.	U-514	1 Jul, 1943	Lorient	8 Jul, 1943	Sunk	Patrol	8 days

Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Auffermann

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
6 Sep, 1942	U-514	Helen Forsey	167		br
11 Sep, 1942	U-514	Cornwallis	5.458		ca		damaged
15 Sep, 1942	U-514	Kioto	3.297		br
28 Sep, 1942	U-514	Lages	5.472		bz		total loss
28 Sep, 1942	U-514	Ozório	2.730		bz		total loss
12 Oct, 1942	U-514	Steel Scientist	5.688		am

3 Jan, 1943	U-514	British Vigilance	8.093		br	TM-1	damaged
27 Jan, 1943	U-514	Charles C. Pinckney	7.177		am	UGS-4
			38.082
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.