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Heinz-Otto Schultze

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
19 ships sunk for a total of 64,769 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 15,666 GRT

Born	13 Sep 1915		Kiel
Died	25 Nov 1943	(28)

Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Otto Schultze

Ranks

26 Sep 1934	Seekadett
1 Jul 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov 1941	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

2 Oct 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
12 Dec 1939	U-boat War Badge 1939
23 Sep 1941	Iron Cross 1st Class
9 Jul 1942	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-4	8 Jun 1940	28 Jul 1940	No war patrols
U-141	21 Aug 1940	30 Mar 1941	No war patrols
U-432	26 Apr 1941	15 Jan 1943	7 patrols (270 days)
U-849	11 Mar 1943	25 Nov 1943 (+)	1 patrol (55 days)

Personal information

Heinz Otto Schultze was the son of Otto Schultze who commanded SM U-63 in World War I, sank 52 ships for a total of 129,540 tons, and was decorated with the Pour le merite.

Heinz Otto Schultze began his naval career in April 1934 and joined the U-boat force in May 1937. After almost two years as watch officer on U-31 he commanded school boats in 1940 and 1941 before commissioning U-432 in April 1941.

On seven patrols, mostly in the North Atlantic and on the US east coast, he sank many ships and was decorated with the coveted Knights Cross. He left U-432 in February 1942 and a month later commissioned the Type IX U-boat U-849.

Schultze died when his U-boat was sunk with all hands on 25 November, 1943 in the South Atlantic by depth charges from an American B-24 Liberator aircraft.

Patrol info for Heinz-Otto Schultze

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-432	30 Jul 1941	Kiel	31 Jul 1941	Horten		2 days
2.	U-432	9 Aug 1941	Horten	12 Aug 1941	Trondheim		4 days
3.	U-432	25 Aug 1941	Trondheim	19 Sep 1941	Brest	Patrol 1,	26 days
4.	U-432	11 Oct 1941	Brest	2 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	23 days
5.	U-432	10 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	23 Dec 1941	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	14 days
6.	U-432	21 Jan 1942	La Pallice	16 Mar 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 4,	55 days
7.	U-432	30 Apr 1942	La Pallice	2 Jul 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 5,	64 days
8.	U-432	15 Aug 1942	La Pallice	4 Oct 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 6,	51 days
9.	U-432	30 Nov 1942	La Pallice	5 Jan 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 7,	37 days
10.	U-849	2 Oct 1943	Kiel	25 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 8,	55 days
8 patrols, 325 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinz-Otto Schultze

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
10 Sep, 1941	U-432	Muneric	5,229		br	SC-42
10 Sep, 1941	U-432	Stargard	1,113		nw	SC-42
10 Sep, 1941	U-432	Winterswijk	3,205		nl	SC-42
11 Sep, 1941	U-432	Garm	1,231		sw	SC-42
17 Oct, 1941	U-432	Barfonn	9,739		nw	SC-48
17 Oct, 1941	U-432	Evros	5,283		gr	SC-48
28 Oct, 1941	U-432	Ulea	1,574		br	HG-75

15 Feb, 1942	U-432	Buarque	5,152		bz
18 Feb, 1942	U-432	Olinda	4,053		bz
19 Feb, 1942	U-432	Miraflores	2,158		br
21 Feb, 1942	U-432	Azalea City	5,529		am
27 Feb, 1942	U-432	Marore	8,215		am
17 May, 1942	U-432	Foam	324		am
23 May, 1942	U-432	Zurichmoor	4,455		br
31 May, 1942	U-432	Liverpool Packet	1,188		ca
3 Jun, 1942	U-432	Aeolus	41		am
3 Jun, 1942	U-432	Ben and Josephine	102		am
9 Jun, 1942	U-432	Kronprinsen	7,073		nw	BX-23A	damaged
9 Jun, 1942	U-432	Malayan Prince	8,593		br	BX-23A	damaged
24 Sep, 1942	U-432	Pennmar	5,868		am	SC-100
17 Dec, 1942	U-432	Poitou	310		fr
			80,435
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.