Heinz-Eberhard Müller

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,011 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,174 GRT

Born  14 Mar 1916 Stuttgart


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-662 10 Mar 1943 21 Jul 1943   2 patrols (84 days) 

The U-662 was sunk after 3 days of aircraft attacks of the coast of Brazil. Müller successfully repelled at least 3 attacks before the Catalina of VP-94 (pilot R. H. Howland) fatally hit the boat. Müller and 4 men were thrown overboard when the depth charges exploded (the previous gun crew had been killed by gunfire) and the U-662 broke in two and sank.

One man died shortly afterwards leaving Müller and 3 others drifting on a raft (dropped by the aircraft) in shark infested waters for 16 days before being found by a B-24 bomber and rescued by the former yacht USS Siren then escorting convoy TJ 4. One of the 3 men died on the Siren leaving only Müller and 2 other survivors from the boat (Blair, 1998).

Sources

Blair, C. (1998). Hitler’s U-boat War. The Hunted, 1942-1945.

Patrol info for Heinz-Eberhard Müller


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-662 23 Mar 1943  St. Nazaire  19 May 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,58 days
2. U-662 26 Jun 1943  St. Nazaire  21 Jul 1943  Sunk  Patrol 2,26 days
2 patrols, 84 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinz-Eberhard Müller

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 Mar 1943U-662 Empire Whale6,159brSL-126
29 Mar 1943U-662 Ocean Viceroy (d.)7,174brSL-126
29 Mar 1943U-662 Umaria6,852brSL-126
 20,185

2 ships sunk (13,011 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,174 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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