Ernst-Ulrich Brüller

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 19,627 GRT
2 warships damaged, total tonnage 17,900 tons

Born	23 Sep 1917		Oppeln, Upper Silesia
Died	28 Feb 1997	(79)

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

15 Apr 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
8 Jul 1940		U-boat War Badge 1939
16 Nov 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class
29 Mar 1943		Italienische Tapferkeitsmedaille in Bronze "Medaglia di Bronzo al Valore Militare"
17 Oct 1944		U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-7	Jan, 1941	Feb, 1941	No war patrols
U-23	21 Mar 1941	23 Sep 1941	No war patrols
U-407	18 Dec 1941	14 Jan 1944	8 patrols (240 days)

Patrol info for Ernst-Ulrich Brüller

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-407	15 Aug 1942	Kiel	9 Oct 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	56 days
2.	U-407	2 Nov 1942	Brest	26 Nov 1942	Pola	Patrol 2,	25 days
3.	U-407	17 Jan 1943	Pola	26 Feb 1943	La Spezia	Patrol 3,	41 days
4.	U-407	21 Apr 1943	La Spezia	8 May 1943	Neapel	Patrol 4,	18 days
5.	U-407	12 May 1943	Neapel	28 May 1943	Toulon	Patrol 4,	17 days
6.	U-407	7 Jul 1943	Toulon	30 Jul 1943	Salamis	Patrol 5,	24 days
7.	U-407	17 Aug 1943	Salamis	8 Sep 1943	Pola	Patrol 6,	23 days
8.	U-407	9 Sep 1943	Pola	12 Sep 1943	Pola	Patrol 7,	4 days
9.	U-407	11 Nov 1943	Pola	12 Dec 1943	Pola	Patrol 8,	32 days
8 patrols, 240 days at sea

Ships hit by Ernst-Ulrich Brüller

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
11 Nov 1942	U-407	Viceroy of India	19,627	br	Torch

23 Jul 1943	U-407	HMS Newfoundland (59) (d.)	8,800	br
28 Nov 1943	U-407	HMS Birmingham (19) (d.)	9,100	br
			37,527
1 ship sunk (19,627 tons) and 2 ships damaged (17,900 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.