Hans-Jürgen Auffermann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 16,329 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 13,551 GRT
2 ships a total loss, total tonnage 8,202 GRT

Born	1 Oct 1914		Göttingen
Died	8 Jul 1943	(28)

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

Jul 1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
28 Aug 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Jan 1944		German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-69	24 Aug 1941	28 Aug 1941	No war patrols
U-514	24 Jan 1942	8 Jul 1943 (+)	4 patrols (199 days)

Like many others Hans-Jürgen Auffermann went out with his first command under ever-increasing pressure from the Allies. He successfully operated his boat for almost 200 days at sea on his rather large type IXC boat U-514.

Auffermann and his entire crew was lost on 8 July 1943 when his boat was sunk by rockets from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/R) north-east of Cape Finisterre, Spain (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Auffermann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-514	12 Aug 1942	Kiel	13 Aug 1942	Kristiansand		2 days
2.	U-514	15 Aug 1942	Kristiansand	9 Nov 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	87 days
3.	U-514	9 Dec 1942	Lorient	12 Feb 1943	Lorient	Patrol 2,	66 days
4.	U-514	15 Apr 1943	Lorient	22 May 1943	Lorient	Patrol 3,	38 days
5.	U-514	1 Jul 1943	Lorient	8 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 4,	8 days
4 patrols, 199 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Auffermann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
6 Sep 1942	U-514	Helen Forsey	167	br
11 Sep 1942	U-514	Cornwallis (d.)	5,458	ca
15 Sep 1942	U-514	Kioto	3,297	br
28 Sep 1942	U-514	Ozório (t.)	2,730	bz
28 Sep 1942	U-514	Lages (t.)	5,472	bz
12 Oct 1942	U-514	Steel Scientist	5,688	am

3 Jan 1943	U-514	British Vigilance (d.)	8,093	br	TM-1
27 Jan 1943	U-514	Charles C. Pinckney	7,177	am	UGS-4
			38,082
6 ships sunk (24,531 tons) and 2 ships damaged (13,551 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).