Erich Taschenmacher
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 1.926 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.300 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 6.991 GRT |
| Born | 1 Nov, 1919 | Engerhafen, Aurich |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-775 | 31 Oct, 1944 | Kiel | 3 Nov, 1944 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-775 | 7 Nov, 1944 | Horten | 11 Nov, 1944 | Bergen | 5 days | |
| 3. | U-775 | 18 Nov, 1944 | Bergen | 21 Dec, 1944 | Bergen | Patrol, | 34 days |
| 4. | U-775 | 7 Feb, 1945 | Bergen | 30 Mar, 1945 | Trondheim | Patrol, | 52 days |
| 2 patrols, 86 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Erich Taschenmacher
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 6 Dec, 1944 | U-775 | HMS Bullen (K 469) | 1.300 |  | br | ||
| 28 Feb, 1945 | U-775 | Soreldoc | 1.926 |  | am | ||
| 6 Mar, 1945 | U-775 | Empire Geraint | 6.991 | | br | MH-44 | damaged |
| 10.217 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.