Unterseeboot 434
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| U-434 | |||
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| Type | VIIC
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| Commission Date | 21 June 1941 | ||
| Construction yard | F. Schichau, Danzig | ||
| Patrols | |||
| 21 June 1941 | 1 November 1941 | Training patrol, 7. Flottille | |
| 1 November 1941 | 18 December 1941 | War Patrol, 7. Flottille (front boat) | |
| Commanders | |||
| 21 June 1941 | 18 December 1941 | Kapitänleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Heyda | |
U-434 Type VIIC was a German Kriegsmarine U-boat.
U-434 was sunk on 18 December 1941 in the North Atlantic north of Madeira, Portugal, in position 36.15N, 15.48W. It was forced to the surface by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Blankney and the British destroyer HMS Stanley. There were 2 dead and 42 survivors.
[edit] External links
- Movietone News Clip of the sinking of U-434 - Title: U-BOATS DESTROYED IN CONVOY http://www.movietone.com/index.cfm
[edit] Crew
- Kapitänleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Heyda, Kommandant
- Oblerutnant z.S. Wolfgang Frank, IWO KIA
- Leutnant z.S. Klaus Janus, IIWO
- Leutnant(Ing) Friedrich Oesterlein, LI
Enlisted Men
- Ob.Masch. Rudolf Rothe
- Ob.Masch. Walter Kloss
- Ob.St.M. Wilhelm Lehn
- Bts.Mt. Paul Lüdtke
- Bts.Mt. Gerhard Böhm
- Bts.Mt. Friedrich Huffmeyer
- Ma.Mt. Werner Schwartz
- Ma.Mt. Erich Pfeiffer
- Ma.Mt. Wilhelm Hassler
- Ma.Mt. Friedrich Leidig
- Ma.Mt. Anton Deeken --
- Ma.Mt. Heinz Grüschow
- Ma.Mt. Ernst Kleemann
- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Rudi Meinert
- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Emil Fehr
- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Gerhard Schmidt
- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Heinrich Jäger
- Fk.Ob.Gfr. Wilhelm Hasselroth
- Me.Ob.Gfr. Kurt König
- Mtr.Gfr. Gottfried Petzold
- Mtr.Gfr. Egon Büttner
- Mtr.Gfr. Karl Hildenbrand
- Mtr.Gfr. Rudolf Unger
- Mtr.Gfr. Johannes Koch
- Mtr.Gfr. Hans Maslonka
- Ma.Gfr. Walter Sallier
- Ma.Gfr. Herbert Conen
- Ma.Gfr. Karl-Heinz Bothe
- Ma.Gfr. Karl Flemmig
- Ma.Gfr. Anton Imfeld
- Ma.Gfr. Walter Mölders
- Ma.Gfr. Kurt Stockmar
- Ma.Gfr. Bertold Armborst
- Ma.Gfr. Ernst Claas
- Ma.Gfr. Helmut Brandes
KIA
- Fk.Gfr. Horst Braun
- Fk.Gfr. Kurt Bräuner
- Me.Gfr. Helmut Wegner
- Me.Gfr. Otto Hannemann
- Mtr. Georg Zeller
- Fk.Mtr. Rudi Kruschwitz
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