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Ernst Vogelsang

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 31)

Successes
8 ships sunk for a total of 32.964 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 2.216 tons
1 ship damaged for a total of 6.690 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 4.367 GRT

Born	31 Aug, 1911	Frankfurt am Main
Died	4 Nov, 1942	Cape Farewell

Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang

Decorations

	Spanish Cross
	Iron Cross 2nd Class
	Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-18	18 Dec, 1940	-	6 May, 1941	No war patrols
U-132	29 May, 1941	-	4 Nov, 1942 (+)	4 patrols (168 days)

Personal information

Ernst Vogelsang joined the German Navy in 1931 as an officer candidate (Crew 31). He served in the Spanish civil war and earned his Spanish Cross decoration (rare among U-boat men).

He then served on the destroyer Z5 Paul Jacobi from Oct 1938 until May 1940 where he took part in the battles of the Norwegian invasion.

Vogelsang was in U-boat training (U-Lehrdevision) from June – Nov 1940 and then at the commander school with the 24.U-Flottille from Nov – 8. December 1940 when he took command of the small training U-boat U-18. He commanded that boat for 6 months until 6 May, 1941 when he left to take command of the larger U-132.

In all probability Ernst Vogelsang died with his entire crew when the British ammunition ship Hatimura (his last ship hit) exploded in a huge explosion when hit by U-442 (Hesse) and U-132 was probably within the lethal radius.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-132	7 Sep, 1941	Trondheim	21 Oct, 1941	Kirkenes	Patrol,	45 days
2.	U-132	25 Oct, 1941	Kirkenes	30 Oct, 1941	Trondheim		6 days
3.	U-132	15 Jan, 1942	Trondheim	8 Feb, 1942	La Pallice	Patrol,	25 days
4.	U-132	10 Jun, 1942	La Pallice	16 Aug, 1942	La Pallice	Patrol,	68 days
5.	U-132	6 Oct, 1942	La Pallice	4 Nov, 1942	Sunk	Patrol,	30 days
					4 patrols, 168 days at sea

Ships hit by Ernst Vogelsang

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
18 Oct, 1941	U-132	Argun	3.487		sj
18 Oct, 1941	U-132	RT-8 Seld´	608		sj

29 Jan, 1942	U-132	USS Alexander Hamilton (WPG 34)	2.216		am	HX-170
6 Jul, 1942	U-132	Anastassios Pateras	3.382		gr	QS-15
6 Jul, 1942	U-132	Dinaric	2.555		br	QS-15
6 Jul, 1942	U-132	Hainaut	4.312		be	QS-15
20 Jul, 1942	U-132	Frederika Lensen	4.367		br	QS-19	total loss
30 Jul, 1942	U-132	Pacific Pioneer	6.734		br	ON-113
4 Nov, 1942	U-132	Empire Lynx	6.379		br	SC-107
4 Nov, 1942	U-132	Hatimura	6.690		br	SC-107	damaged
4 Nov, 1942	U-132	Hobbema	5.507		nl	SC-107
			46.237
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.