Korvetttenkapitän Hans Joachim Hesse`

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Korvetttenkapitän Hans Joachim Hesse`

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Post by _The_General_ » 21 May 2005, 17:25

Does anyone have a bio ?

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Post by FAlmeida » 21 May 2005, 19:44

Hesse, Hans-Joachim
--Date of birth and Place of birth (Geburtsdatum u. Geburtsort) 18/01/1906 ; Norden, Landkreis Norden, Ostfriesland, Oldenburg
--Branch and Class Year (Zweig u. Crew Jahrgang) Linien Seeoffizier; Jahrgang 1925
--Rank (Beförderungen)
01-04-1925 Offiziersanwärter ; 01-04-1927 Fähnrich zur See ;
01-06-1928 Oberfähnrich zur See ; 01-10-1929 Leutnant zur See ;
01-07-1931 Oberleutnant zur See ; 01-10-1935 Kapitänleutnant ;
01-02-1940 Korvettenkapitän ; 01-02-1943 Fregattenkapitän (Posthum)
--Medals and Decorations (Orden und Ehrenzeichen)
1940 Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (when serving as Artillerieoffizier in Leicht Kreuzer Königsberg 07/39-04/40)
28-10-1941 Flotten Kriegsabzeichen (when serving as Artillerieoffizier in Leicht Kreuzer Königsberg 07/39-04/40)
01-1943 Eisernes Kreuz I Klasse (when serving as Komdt. in U 442 03/42-02/43)
--U-Bootwaffe Career (Dienststellungen)
10/1940- 06/1941 "zur Verfügung" At disposal of U-Boat service in "BdU Befehlshaber der U-Boote Org., U-Bootsausbildung" U-Boat Training
06/1941-04/07/1941 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 654" in shipyard "Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg" under supervision of "Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen"
05/07/1941-24/11/1941 "Komdt." Commander of "U 654 / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel u. 11.U.Flottille, Bergen" (made one transit sailing 3 days)
11/1941- 02/1942 "zur Verfügung" At disposal of "1.U-Flottille, Brest"
02/1942-21/03/1942 "Baubelehrung" Instruction in the final stage of construction of "U 442" in shipyard "F.Schichau GmbH, Danzig" under supervision of "7.KLA, Danzig-Neufahrwasser"
22/03/1942-12/02/1943 "Komdt." Commander of "U 442 / 5.U-Flottille, Kiel u. 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire" (completed one war patrol 60 days, made one war patrol without return 54 days, sank 4 ships 25.717 ton.)
--Place and cause of the death or disappearance (Ort und Ursache des Todes oder des Verschwindens)
12-02-1943 Killed with 47 crew members of U 442 in the Atlantic, West of Cape St.Vincent-Portugal, 37°32´ N x 11°56´ W (KM quadrant CG4989), by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft from 48 Sqn RAF

Cheers, Fernando


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