Wolfgang Kaufmann
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 2.983 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 10.356 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 625 tons |
| Born | 23 Jun, 1912 | Würzburg |
| Died | 27 Mar, 1963 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-9 | 11 Jun, 1940 | - | 20 Oct, 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-19 | 21 Oct, 1940 | - | 8 Nov, 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-79 | 13 Mar, 1941 | - | 23 Dec, 1941 | 6 patrols (102 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-79 | 5 Jun, 1941 | Kiel | 5 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 2. | U-79 | 21 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | 16 Aug, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 3. | U-79 | 14 Sep, 1941 | Lorient | 18 Sep, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 5 days |
| 4. | U-79 | 28 Sep, 1941 | Lorient | 23 Oct, 1941 | Salamis | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 5. | U-79 | 29 Nov, 1941 | Salamis | 8 Dec, 1941 | Salamis | Patrol, | 10 days |
| 6. | U-79 | 21 Dec, 1941 | Salamis | 23 Dec, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 6 patrols, 102 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Wolfgang Kaufmann
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Jun, 1941 | U-79 | Havtor | 1.524 |  | nw | ||
| 27 Jun, 1941 | U-79 | Tibia | 10.356 |  | nl | HX-133 | damaged |
| 27 Jul, 1941 | U-79 | Kellwyn | 1.459 |  | br | OG-69 | |
| 21 Oct, 1941 | U-79 | HMS Gnat (T 60) | 625 | | br | total loss | |
| 13.964 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.