Eduard Aust

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)


Successes
1 warship sunk for a total of 39 tons

Born  11 Aug 1920 Stolp, Pomerania
Died  9 Jan 1945(24)Baltic Sea off Baltisch Port

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Ranks

15 Sep 1939Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1 Dec 1942Iron Cross 2nd Class
19 Feb 1943U-boat War Badge 1939
1 Sep 1944War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-34 12 Jun 1943 5 Aug 1943   No war patrols 
U-29 21 Aug 1943 2 Nov 1943   No war patrols 
U-922 3 Nov 1943 20 Oct 1944   No war patrols 
U-679 21 Oct 1944 9 Jan 1945  (+)  2 patrols (67 days) 

Patrol info for Eduard Aust


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-679 2 Nov 1944  Danzig  27 Dec 1944  Libau  Patrol 1,56 days
2. U-679 30 Dec 1944  Libau  9 Jan 1945  Sunk  Patrol 2,11 days
2 patrols, 67 days at sea

Ships hit by Eduard Aust

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
18 Nov 1944U-679 SK-6239sj
 39

1 ship sunk (39 tons).



Running the Gauntlet

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Books dealing with this subject include:

The ANZAC Squadron. Ashworth, Norman, 1994.
Atlantic Odyssey. Thwaites, Michael, 1999.
Australia's Colonial Navies. Gillett, Ross, 1982.
Battle Surface!. Jenkins, David, 1992.
Bitter Victory. Olson, Wesley, 2000.
British battleships 1939-45 (1). Konstam, Angus, 2009.
Diary of a Submariner. de Majnik, John, 1996.
Duell vor Australien. Winter, Barbara, 1994.
Fly West. Southall, Ivan, 1974.
Gallipoli. Rudenno, Victor, 2008.
Grandes Batallas Navales. Koenig, William and Mayer, S.L., 1977.
Hospital Ships. Goodman, R. D., 1992.
In Peril on the Sea. Kane, James S., 1994.
Klaar voor onderwater. Wytema, M.S., 1936.
Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sunderland Era 1939-45. Baff, K.C. (Flight Lieutenant), 1983.
Military Errors of World War Two. Macksey, Kenneth, 1998. (transl.)
Mit dem Einhorn gegen Engelland. Fröwis, Franz J., 1999.
The Royal Australian Navy in World War II. Stevens, David, 1996.
Running the Gauntlet. Satchell, Alister, 2001.
A Sailor of Austria. Biggins, John, 1994.
The Shame of Savo. Loxton, Bruce with Coulthard-Clark, Chris, 1997.
The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage. Millholland, Ray, 1936.
Steel Shark in the Pacific. Jaffee, Walter W., 2001.
Stoker's Submarine. Brenchley, Fred and Brenchley, Elizabeth, 2001.
Stuifzeetjes over P 322. Van Dapperen, J., 1964.
The last stand of the tin can sailors. Hornfischer, James D., 2005.
Torpedo Pal! Ponorky a ponorkari rakousko-uherskeho valecnego lodstva. Novak, Jiri, 2001.
Torpedoed!. Philip Lecane, 2005.
U-Boat Far from Home. Stevens, David, 1997.
The USS Flier. Michael Sturma, 2008.
Valiant Occasions. Macdonnell, James Edmond, 1977.
With Honour in Battle. McDaniel, J.T., 2003.
Zraloci Cisare Pana. Cesti namornici na rakouskych ponorkach 1914-1918. Jindrich, Marek, 2001.


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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