The Men - U-boat Commanders

Eduard Aust

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 39 tons

Born	11 Aug 1920		Stolp, Pomerania
Died	9 Jan 1945	(24)	Baltic Sea off Baltisch Port

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

15 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1 Dec 1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class
19 Feb 1943		U-boat War Badge 1939
1 Sep 1944		War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-34	12 Jun 1943	5 Aug 1943	No war patrols
U-29	21 Aug 1943	2 Nov 1943	No war patrols
U-922	3 Nov 1943	20 Oct 1944	No war patrols
U-679	21 Oct 1944	9 Jan 1945 (+)	1 patrol (69 days)

Patrol info for Eduard Aust

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-679	2 Nov 1944	Danzig	9 Jan 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	69 days

Ships hit by Eduard Aust

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
18 Nov 1944	U-679		SK-62 (No 49)	39		sj
				39
1 ship sunk (39 tons).

About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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