Hans Buscher

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  2 Aug 1918 Düsseldorf
Died  23 Sep 1957(39)Sailing ship Pamir near Azores, Atlantic


Ranks

1 Mar 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

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

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-1307 17 Nov 1944 9 May 1945   No war patrols 

Though listed in Busch and Röll as being part of Crew 38, Buscher is not listed in the 1941 or 1942 Rangliste.

In 1957 Hans Buscher was 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 in a lifeboat two or three days later. Only six survived from the crew of 86 (Wikipedia).

Sources

Wikipedia. Pamir

Patrol info for Hans Buscher

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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