Volker Simmermacher
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
Successes 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 7,324 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged, total tonnage 8,246 GRT |
Born | 1 Feb 1919 | Strasbourg | |
Died | 27 Aug 1999 | (80) | Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-107 | Jul, 1943 | Aug, 1944 | 3 patrols (197 days) |
U-3013 | 22 Nov 1944 | 3 May 1945 | No war patrols |
Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.
Patrol info for Volker Simmermacher
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-107 | 28 Jul 1943 | Lorient | 3 Oct 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 68 days | |
2. | U-107 | 10 Nov 1943 | Lorient | 12 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | ||
3. | U-107 | 16 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 8 Jan 1944 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 54 days | |
4. | U-107 | 30 Apr 1944 | Lorient | 2 May 1944 | Lorient | 3 days | ||
5. | U-107 | 10 May 1944 | Lorient | 23 Jul 1944 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 75 days | |
3 patrols, 197 days at sea |
Ships hit by Volker Simmermacher
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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28 Aug 1943 | U-107 | Albert Gallatin (d.) | 7,176 | am | ||||
11 Sep 1943 | U-107 | USS Rapidan (AO 18) (d.) [Mine] | 8,246 | am | NG-385 | |||
13 Jun 1944 | U-107 | Lark (d.) | 148 | am | ||||
15,570 | ||||||||
3 ships damaged (15,570 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.
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