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Hans Joachim Forster

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1938–45

Name
  
Hans-Joachim Forster

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Oberleutnant zur See


Born
  
20 February 1920 Gros Koris near Teltow (
1920-02-20
)

Died
  
24 February 1945(1945-02-24) (aged 25) English Channel

Unit
  
SSS Albert Leo Schlageter cruiser Emden destroyer Z29

Hans-Joachim Forster (20 February 1920 in Gros Koris – 24 February 1945 west of the English Channel) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). He is credited with the sinking of two merchant ships for a total of 12,846 gross register tons (GRT) plus two warships for a total of 1,775 GRT, including the HMCS Alberni and HMS Loyalty. He and the entire crew of U-480 were killed when U-480 was sunk between 18 and 24 February 1945 in a minefield in position 50°22′04″N 01°44′10″W.

Contents

Ranks

  • Offiziersanwarter - 1 October 1938
  • Seekadett - 1 July 1939
  • Fahnrich zur See - 1 December 1939
  • Oberfahnrich zur See - 1 August 1940
  • Leutnant zur See - 1 April 1941
  • Oberleutnant zur See - 1 April 1943

    • Awards

  • Minesweeper War Badge (1 February 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 February 1942)
  • 1st Class
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (18 May 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold on 12 September 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See on U-480/5. Unterseebootsflottille
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U-480

    • References

    Hans-Joachim Forster Wikipedia
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