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The Men - The Commander listing

Rudolf Bahr

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 13.045 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 2.560 tons

Born	1 Apr, 1916	Landsberg, Warthe
Died	16 Jan, 1944

Ranks

5 Apr, 1935	Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul, 1936	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1938	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1938	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1942	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1941	Iron Cross 2nd Class
1941	Fleet War Badge
Jan, 1942	U-boat War Badge 1939
Apr, 1943	Iron Cross 1st Class
15 Jan, 1944	German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

17 Sep, 1942

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16 Jan, 1944 (+)

4 patrols (167 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-305	27 Feb, 1943	Kiel	12 Apr, 1943	Brest	Patrol	45 days
2.	U-305	12 May, 1943	Brest	1 Jun, 1943	Brest	Patrol	21 days
3.	U-305	23 Aug, 1943	Brest	22 Oct, 1943	Brest	Patrol	61 days
4.	U-305	8 Dec, 1943	Brest	16 Jan, 1944	Sunk	Patrol	40 days

Ships hit by Rudolf Bahr

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
17 Mar, 1943	U-305	Port Auckland	8.789		br	SC-122
17 Mar, 1943	U-305	Zouave	4.256		br	SC-122
20 Sep, 1943	U-305	HMCS St. Croix (I 81)	1.190		ca	ON-202

7 Jan, 1944	U-305	HMS Tweed (K 250)	1.370		br
			15.605
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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