Hans Buscher

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  2 Aug 1918 Düsseldorf
Died  23 Sep 1957(39)


Ranks

1 Oct 1938Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939Seekadett
1 Dec 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1940Minesweeper War Badge
1941Iron Cross 2nd Class
1943Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-1307 17 Nov 1944 8 May 1945   No war patrols 

In 1957 Hans Buscher was the second officer on the Pamir, the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ship of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. On 21 Sept 1957 the ship was hit by Hurricane Carrie and sank shortly afterwards due to heavy listing to port. Hans Buscher died on a life boat two or three days later and only 6 survived from her crew of 86 (Wikipedia).

Sources

Wikipedia. Pamir

Ships hit by Hans Buscher

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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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders