Leo Wolfbauer
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 21 Jul 1895 | | Pernegg, Bruck a.d. Mur |
| Died | 16 May 1943 | (47) | English Channel |
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| 1 Nov 1915 | | Fregattenleutnant | | 1 Apr 1942 | | Korvettenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-463 | 2 Apr 1942 | 16 May 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (204 days) |
Korvettenkapitän Leo Wolfbauer was one of the oldest U-boat commanders of WWII to depart on patrol when he took his boat, the Milch Cow U-463, out from Kiel, Germany on 11 July 1942. He was 47 years old and would command the boat for more than 200 days at sea.
Leo Wolfbauer died with his entire crew of 57 men when his boat, U-463, was sunk 7 days into on its 5th patrol by a British Handley Page aircraft (Sqdn. 58/R) in the Bay of Biscay (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Leo Wolfbauer
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
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| 1. |
U-463 |
11 Jul 1942 | Kiel |
3 Sep 1942 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 1, | 55 days | |
| 2. |
U-463 |
28 Sep 1942 | St. Nazaire |
11 Nov 1942 | Brest |
Patrol 2, | 45 days | |
| 3. |
U-463 |
6 Dec 1942 | Brest |
26 Jan 1943 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 3, | 52 days | |
| 4. |
U-463 |
4 Mar 1943 | St. Nazaire |
17 Apr 1943 | Bordeaux |
Patrol 4, | 45 days | |
| 5. |
U-463 |
10 May 1943 | Le Verdon |
16 May 1943 | Sunk |
Patrol 5, | 7 days | |
| 5 patrols, 204 days at sea | |
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