Heinz-Gerd Sauer

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  7 Apr 1915 Eberswalde, Finow
Died  12 Nov 1997(82)


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Ranks

1 Dec 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Nov 1940 Fähnrich zur See
1 Nov 1941 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1944 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-673 15 Aug 1943 31 Jul 1944   3 patrols (68 days) 

Patrol info for Heinz-Gerd Sauer

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-673 15 Feb 1944  Kiel  18 Feb 1944  Bergen   4 days
2. U-673 20 Feb 1944  Bergen  27 Feb 1944  Narvik  Patrol 1,8 days
3. U-673 29 Feb 1944  Narvik  2 Mar 1944  Trondheim   3 days
4. U-673 24 Mar 1944  Trondheim  26 Mar 1944  Narvik   3 days
5. U-673 27 Mar 1944  Narvik  4 Apr 1944  Narvik  Patrol 2,9 days
6. U-673 6 Apr 1944  Narvik  9 Apr 1944  Trondheim   4 days
7. U-673 19 May 1944  Trondheim  21 May 1944  Narvik   3 days
8. U-673 29 May 1944  Narvik  31 May 1944  Trondheim   3 days
9. U-673 4 Jun 1944  Trondheim  24 Jul 1944  St. Nazaire  Patrol 3,51 days
3 patrols, 68 days at sea


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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