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The Men - The Commander listing

Heinrich Driver

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)

Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 25.122 GRT

Born

10 Jul, 1912

Sonderburg, Alsen

Ranks

1 Apr, 1945

Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-20	2 Apr, 1940	-	15 Apr, 1940	No war patrols
U-23	20 May, 1940	-	30 Sep, 1940	No war patrols
U-145	16 Oct, 1940	-	18 Dec, 1940	No war patrols
U-371	15 Mar, 1941	-	5 Apr, 1942	5 patrols (154 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-371	5 Jun, 1941	Kiel	1 Jul, 1941	Brest	Patrol	27 days
2.	U-371	23 Jul, 1941	Brest	19 Aug, 1941	Brest	Patrol	28 days
3.	U-371	16 Sep, 1941	Brest	24 Oct, 1941	Salamis	Patrol	39 days
4.	U-371	4 Dec, 1941	Salamis	10 Jan, 1942	Salamis	Patrol	38 days
5.	U-371	4 Mar, 1942	Salamis	25 Mar, 1942	Salamis	Patrol	22 days

Ships hit by Heinrich Driver

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
12 Jun, 1941	U-371	Silverpalm	6.373		br
24 Jun, 1941	U-371	Vigrid	4.765		nw	HX-133
30 Jul, 1941	U-371	Shahristan	6.935		br	OS-1
30 Jul, 1941	U-371	Sitoebondo	7.049		nl	OS-1
			25.122
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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