Hans-Jürgen Auffermann
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 16.329 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 13.551 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 8.202 GRT |
| Born | 1 Oct, 1914 | Göttingen |
| Died | 8 Jul, 1943 |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-69 | 24 Aug, 1941 | - | 28 Aug, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-514 | 24 Jan, 1942 | - | 8 Jul, 1943 (+) | 4 patrols (199 days) |
Personal information
Like many others Hans-Jürgen Auffermann went out with his first command under ever-increasing pressure from the Allies. He successfully operated his boat for almost 200 days at sea on his rather large type IXC boat U-514.
Auffermann and his entire crew was lost on 8 July 1943 when his boat was sunk by rockets from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/R) north-east of Cape Finisterre, Spain.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-514 | 12 Aug, 1942 | Kiel | 13 Aug, 1942 | Kristiansand | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-514 | 15 Aug, 1942 | Kristiansand | 9 Nov, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 87 days |
| 3. | U-514 | 9 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | 12 Feb, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 66 days |
| 4. | U-514 | 15 Apr, 1943 | Lorient | 22 May, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 5. | U-514 | 1 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 8 Jul, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 8 days |
| 4 patrols, 199 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Auffermann
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 6 Sep, 1942 | U-514 | Helen Forsey | 167 |  | br | ||
| 11 Sep, 1942 | U-514 | Cornwallis | 5.458 |  | ca | damaged | |
| 15 Sep, 1942 | U-514 | Kioto | 3.297 | | br | ||
| 28 Sep, 1942 | U-514 | Lages | 5.472 |  | bz | total loss | |
| 28 Sep, 1942 | U-514 | Ozório | 2.730 | | bz | total loss | |
| 12 Oct, 1942 | U-514 | Steel Scientist | 5.688 |  | am | ||
| 3 Jan, 1943 | U-514 | British Vigilance | 8.093 | | br | TM-1 | damaged |
| 27 Jan, 1943 | U-514 | Charles C. Pinckney | 7.177 | | am | UGS-4 | |
| 38.082 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.