The Men - U-boat Commanders

Hans Falke

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,060 tons

Born

16 Jun 1920

Hamburg

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

21 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

11 Apr 1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
11 Apr 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
14 Dec 1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
19 Feb 1945		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-992	2 Aug 1943	9 May 1945	8 patrols (163 days)

Patrol info for Hans Falke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-992	30 Mar 1944	Kiel	2 Apr 1944	Stavanger		4 days
2.	U-992	13 May 1944	Stavanger	14 May 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-992	7 Jun 1944	Bergen	12 Jun 1944	Ramsund		6 days
4.	U-992	15 Jun 1944	Ramsund	15 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord		1 days
5.	U-992	18 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord	24 Jul 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	37 days
6.	U-992	21 Aug 1944	Narvik	24 Aug 1944	Hammerfest		4 days
7.	U-992	29 Aug 1944	Hammerfest	6 Sep 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 2,	9 days
8.	U-992	6 Sep 1944	Hammerfest	7 Sep 1944	Narvik		2 days
9.	U-992	12 Sep 1944	Narvik	3 Oct 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 3,	22 days
10.	U-992	3 Oct 1944	Hammerfest	4 Oct 1944	Narvik		2 days
11.	U-992	18 Oct 1944	Narvik	10 Nov 1944	Narvik	Patrol 4,	24 days
12.	U-992	30 Nov 1944	Narvik	8 Dec 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol 5,	9 days
13.	U-992	16 Jan 1945	Bogenbucht	21 Feb 1945	Narvik	Patrol 6,	37 days
14.	U-992	17 Mar 1945	Narvik	1 Apr 1945	Narvik	Patrol 7,	16 days
15.	U-992	1 May 1945	Narvik	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	Patrol 8,	9 days
16.	U-992	12 May 1945	Narvik	12 May 1945	Skjomenfjord		1 days
17.	U-992	15 May 1945	Skjomenfjord	19 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK		5 days
8 patrols, 163 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans Falke

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

13 Feb 1945

HMS Denbigh Castle (K 696) (t.)

1,060

br

1,060

1 ship sunk (1,060 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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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