Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,517 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 12,896 GRT |
Born | 20 May 1919 | | Neubrandenburg |
Died | 6 Jun 1996 | (77) | Hamburg, Germany |
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3 Apr 1937 | | Offiziersanwärter | 21 Sep 1937 | | Seekadett | 1 May 1938 | | Fähnrich zur See | 1 Jul 1939 | | Oberfähnrich zur See | 1 Aug 1939 | | Leutnant zur See | 1 Sep 1941 | | Oberleutnant zur See | 1 Mar 1944 | | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
U-539 | 24 Feb 1943 | 9 May 1945 | 3 patrols (267 days) |
Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden
| U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
1. |
U-539 |
4 Sep 1943 | Kiel |
7 Sep 1943 | Bergen |
| 4 days | |
2. |
U-539 |
14 Sep 1943 | Bergen |
23 Oct 1943 | Lorient |
Patrol 1, | 40 days | |
3. |
U-539 |
29 Dec 1943 | Lorient |
30 Dec 1943 | Lorient |
Patrol 2, | 2 days | |
4. |
U-539 |
2 Jan 1944 | Lorient |
21 Mar 1944 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 2, | 80 days | |
5. |
U-539 |
1 May 1944 | St. Nazaire |
22 Sep 1944 | Flensburg |
Patrol 3, | 145 days | |
6. |
U-539 |
13 Apr 1945 | Kiel |
20 Apr 1945 | Horten |
| 8 days | |
7. |
U-539 |
26 Apr 1945 | Horten |
5 May 1945 | Bergen, Norway |
| 10 days | |
3 patrols, 267 days at sea | |
Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden
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.
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