Heinz Buchholz
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 29)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 18.923 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6.797 GRT |
| Born | 3 Aug, 1909 | Goldap, East Prussia |
| Died | 6 Feb, 1944 | Central Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-24 | 3 Jul, 1937 | - | 30 Sep, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-15 | 1 Oct, 1937 | - | 26 Oct, 1939 | 2 patrols (28 days) |
| U-195 | 5 Sep, 1942 | - | 17 Oct, 1943 | 1 patrol (126 days) |
| U-177 | 17 Oct, 1943 | - | 6 Feb, 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (36 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-15 | 31 Aug, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 8 Sep, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 2. | U-15 | 20 Sep, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 8 Oct, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 3. | U-195 | 20 Mar, 1943 | Kiel | 23 Jul, 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol, | 126 days |
| 4. | U-177 | 23 Dec, 1943 | Bordeaux | 26 Dec, 1943 | La Pallice | 4 days | |
| 5. | U-177 | 2 Jan, 1944 | La Pallice | 6 Feb, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 4 patrols, 190 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Heinz Buchholz
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 10 Sep, 1939 | U-15 | Goodwood [Mine] | 2.796 |  | br | ||
| 21 Oct, 1939 | U-15 | Orsa [Mine] | 1.478 | | br | ||
| 28 Dec, 1939 | U-15 | Resercho [Mine] | 258 | | br | ||
| 11 Apr, 1943 | U-195 | James W. Denver | 7.200 |  | am | UGS-7 | |
| 7 May, 1943 | U-195 | Samuel Jordan Kirkwood | 7.191 | | am | ||
| 12 May, 1943 | U-195 | Cape Neddick | 6.797 | | am | damaged | |
| 25.720 | |||||||
* 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.