Erich Taschenmacher

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,926 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,300 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,991 GRT

Born

1 Nov 1919

Engerhafen, Aurich

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-775	23 Mar 1944	9 May 1945	2 patrols (86 days)

Patrol info for Erich Taschenmacher

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-775	31 Oct 1944	Kiel	3 Nov 1944	Horten		4 days
2.	U-775	7 Nov 1944	Horten	11 Nov 1944	Bergen		5 days
3.	U-775	18 Nov 1944	Bergen	21 Dec 1944	Bergen	Patrol 1,	34 days
4.	U-775	7 Feb 1945	Bergen	30 Mar 1945	Trondheim	Patrol 2,	52 days
2 patrols, 86 days at sea

Ships hit by Erich Taschenmacher

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
6 Dec 1944	U-775	HMS Bullen (K 469)	1,300	br

28 Feb 1945	U-775	Soreldoc	1,926	am
6 Mar 1945	U-775	Empire Geraint (d.)	6,991	br	MH-44
			10,217
2 ships sunk (3,226 tons) and 1 ship damaged (6,991 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.