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Heinz-Eberhard Müller

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 13.011 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7.174 GRT

Born  14 Mar, 1916Stuttgart

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Ranks

1 Apr, 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-66210 Mar, 1943 - 21 Jul, 1943  2 patrols (84 days) 

Personal information

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.
(Clay, Blair. 1998. Hitler's U-boat War, vol 2).


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-662 23 Mar, 1943  St. Nazaire 19 May, 1943  St. Nazaire Patrol,58 days
2. U-662 26 Jun, 1943  St. Nazaire 21 Jul, 1943  Sunk Patrol,26 days

2 patrols, 84 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinz-Eberhard Müller


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
29 Mar, 1943 U-662Empire Whale6.159 br SL-126 
29 Mar, 1943 U-662Ocean Viceroy7.174 br SL-126 damaged
29 Mar, 1943 U-662Umaria6.852 br SL-126 
 20.185

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.



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