Heinz Blischke
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,359 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,625 tons 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,625 tons |
| Born | 1 Sep 1919 | Schwiebus, Silesia | |
| Died | 6 Mar 1944 | (24) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-744 | 5 Jun 1943 | 6 Mar 1944 (+) | 2 patrols (57 days) |
Patrol info for Heinz Blischke
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-744 | 2 Dec 1943 | Kiel | 15 Jan 1944 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 45 days | |
| 2. | U-744 | 24 Feb 1944 | Brest | 6 Mar 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 12 days | |
| 2 patrols, 57 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Heinz Blischke
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 3 Jan 1944 | U-744 | Empire Housman | 7,359 |  | br | ON-217 | |
| 2 Mar 1944 | U-744 | HMS LST-324 (d.) | 1,625 | | br | MKS-40 | |
| 2 Mar 1944 | U-744 | HMS LST-362 | 1,625 | | br | MKS-40 | |
| 10,609 | |||||||
2 ships sunk (8,984 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,625 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.