Hans-Joachim Ernst
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 1,392 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 328 GRT |
| Born | 17 Aug 1918 | Halle, Saale |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-1022 | 7 Jun 1944 | 8 May 1945 | 1 patrol (49 days) |
Personal information
Hans-Joachim Ernst served as a torpedo officer on the destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt from Dec 1939 to Mar 1940. He then went through naval aviation training from April to Oct 1940, becoming a pilot. He served as a pilot until June 1943 when he joined the U-boat force and began his training. he went though U-boat commander training from Jan to Jun 1944. He took command of his first and only U-boat U-1022 on 7 June 1944, taking her on one patrol in early 1945 sinking 2 small ships (Busch & Röll, 1998).
Hans-Joachim Ernst survived the war, was detained by the Allies until 1 Nov 1947. He later joined the Bundesmarine and served in NATO forces. He retired in Oldenburg, Germany and passed away around around 2002.
Sources
Busch, R. & Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Ernst
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-1022 | 16 Jan 1945 | Kiel | 17 Jan 1945 | Kalundborg | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-1022 | 22 Jan 1945 | Kalundborg | 23 Jan 1945 | Horten | 2 days | ||
| 3. | U-1022 | 29 Jan 1945 | Horten | 8 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 11 days | ||
| 4. | U-1022 | 12 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 1 Apr 1945 | Bergen | Patrol 1, | 49 days | |
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Ernst
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 28 Feb 1945 | U-1022 | Alcedo | 1,392 |  | pa | UR-155 | |
| 3 Mar 1945 | U-1022 | HMS Southern Flower | 328 |  | br | ||
| 1,720 | |||||||
2 ships sunk (1,720 tons). | |||||||
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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.