Heinz Bielfeld
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 18.315 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.870 tons |
| Born | 30 Aug, 1916 | Tientsin, China |
| Died | 11 Jul, 1944 | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-703 | 16 Oct, 1941 | - | 5 Jul, 1943 | 7 patrols (150 days) |
| U-1222 | 1 Sep, 1943 | - | 11 Jul, 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (87 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-703 | 21 Mar, 1942 | Hamburg | 22 Mar, 1942 | Helgoland | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-703 | 1 Apr, 1942 | Helgoland | 4 Apr, 1942 | Stavanger | 4 days | |
| 3. | U-703 | 13 Apr, 1942 | Stavanger | 13 Apr, 1942 | Bergen | 1 days | |
| 4. | U-703 | 26 Apr, 1942 | Bergen | 7 May, 1942 | Reinöy | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 5. | U-703 | 10 May, 1942 | Reinöy | 13 May, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 4 days | |
| 6. | U-703 | 16 May, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 30 May, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 7. | U-703 | 1 Jun, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 4 Jun, 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 8. | U-703 | 29 Jun, 1942 | Bergen | 15 Jul, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 17 days |
| 9. | U-703 | 2 Aug, 1942 | Narvik | 4 Aug, 1942 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 10. | U-703 | 9 Aug, 1942 | Trondheim | 11 Sep, 1942 | Harstad | Patrol, | 34 days |
| 11. | U-703 | 11 Sep, 1942 | Harstad | 11 Sep, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 1 days | |
| 12. | U-703 | 14 Sep, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 26 Sep, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 13. | U-703 | 28 Sep, 1942 | Narvik | 30 Sep, 1942 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 14. | U-703 | 28 Dec, 1942 | Trondheim | 31 Dec, 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 15. | U-703 | 7 Mar, 1943 | Bergen | 5 Apr, 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 16. | U-703 | 17 Apr, 1943 | Hammerfest | 15 May, 1943 | Hammerfest | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 17. | U-703 | 18 May, 1943 | Hammerfest | 19 May, 1943 | Narvik | 2 days | |
| 18. | U-703 | 19 May, 1943 | Narvik | 21 May, 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 19. | U-1222 | 13 Apr, 1944 | Kiel | 15 Apr, 1944 | Marviken | 3 days | |
| 20. | U-1222 | 16 Apr, 1944 | Marviken | 11 Jul, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 87 days |
| 8 patrols, 237 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Heinz Bielfeld
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 26 May, 1942 | U-703 | Syros | 6.191 |  | am | PQ-16 | |
| 5 Jul, 1942 | U-703 | Empire Byron | 6.645 |  | br | PQ-17 | |
| 5 Jul, 1942 | U-703 | River Afton | 5.479 | | br | PQ-17 | |
| 20 Sep, 1942 | U-703 | HMS Somali (G 33) | 1.870 | | br | QP-14 | |
| 20.185 | |||||||
* 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.