Joachim Brünner

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 11,208 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 559 GRT

Born  12 Apr 1919 Breslau
Died  16 Sep 1944(25)Arctic Sea, east of Iceland

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Ranks

9 Oct 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1941Iron Cross 2nd Class
27 Sep 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
Oct 1943Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-703 6 Jul 1943 16 Sep 1944  (+)  6 patrols (132 days) 

Personal information

The boat, U-703, went missing east of Iceland after Sept 15, 1944.

Patrol info for Joachim Brünner


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-703 19 Jul 1943  Trondheim  3 Aug 1943  Narvik  Patrol 1,16 days
2. U-703 14 Aug 1943  Narvik  16 Aug 1943  Hammerfest   3 days
3. U-703 17 Aug 1943  Hammerfest  9 Oct 1943  Harstad  Patrol 2,54 days
4. U-703 10 Oct 1943  Harstad  10 Oct 1943  Narvik   1 days
5. U-703 12 Oct 1943  Narvik  14 Oct 1943  Trondheim   3 days
6. U-703 18 Oct 1943  Trondheim  19 Oct 1943  Bergen   2 days
7. U-703 13 Jan 1944  Bergen  17 Jan 1944  Kiel   5 days
8. U-703 24 Feb 1944  Kiel  28 Feb 1944  Trondheim   5 days
9. U-703 29 Feb 1944  Trondheim  8 Mar 1944  Narvik  Patrol 3,9 days
10. U-703 8 Apr 1944  Narvik  5 May 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 4,28 days
11. U-703 29 Jul 1944  Trondheim  1 Aug 1944  Narvik   4 days
12. U-703 20 Aug 1944  Narvik  12 Sep 1944  Narvik  Patrol 5,24 days
13. U-703 16 Sep 1944  Narvik  16 Sep 1944  Sunk  Patrol 6,1 days
6 patrols, 132 days at sea

Ships hit by Joachim Brünner

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
30 Jul 1943U-703 T-911 (No 65)559sjBA-12
1 Oct 1943U-703 Sergej Kirov4,146sjVA-18
 
4 Mar 1944U-703 Empire Tourist7,062brRA-57
 11,767

3 ships sunk (11,767 tons).

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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

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