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The Men - The Commander listing

Heinrich Hasenschar

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 21.765 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 20.450 GRT

Born	27 Sep, 1916	Hoeringhausen / Waldeck
Died	3 Jul, 1943	Cape Ortegal

Ranks

1 Mar, 1943

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-29	15 Sep, 1941	-	5 May, 1942	No war patrols
U-628	25 Jun, 1942	-	3 Jul, 1943 (+)	4 patrols (124 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-628	28 Nov, 1942	Kiel	8 Jan, 1943	Brest	Patrol	42 days
2.	U-628	1 Feb, 1943	Brest	9 Mar, 1943	Brest	Patrol	37 days
3.	U-628	8 Apr, 1943	Brest	19 May, 1943	Brest	Patrol	42 days
4.	U-628	1 Jul, 1943	Brest	3 Jul, 1943	Sunk	Patrol	3 days

Ships hit by Heinrich Hasenschar

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
29 Dec, 1942	U-628	Lynton Grange	5.029		br	ONS-154

23 Feb, 1943	U-628	Glittre	6.409		nw	ON-166	damaged
23 Feb, 1943	U-628	Winkler	6.907		pa	ON-166	damaged
24 Feb, 1943	U-628	Ingria	4.391		nw	ON-166
25 Feb, 1943	U-628	Manchester Merchant	7.264		br	ON-166
17 Apr, 1943	U-628	Fort Rampart	7.134		br	HX-233	damaged
5 May, 1943	U-628	Harbury	5.081		br	ONS-5
			42.215
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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