| Born | 17 Nov 1916 | Rüstringen | |
| Died | 9 Apr 1945 | (28) | Kattegat |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-244 | 9 Oct 1943 | 9 Apr 1945 (+) | 3 patrols (139 days) |
Ruprecht Fischer joined the Kriegsmarine in 1937 and belonged to Crew 37a. He served in minesweeping flotillas July 1940 - Jan 1943, first the 14th and then the 22nd. He joined the U-boat force Feb 1943. He began a U-boat Commander Course with the 24th (Training) Flotilla in July 1943, then Baubelehrung (U-boat construction familiarization) before commissioning U-244 on 9 Oct 1943. He commanded the boat until 9 April 1945, taking her on three war patrols into the North Atlantic.
Fischer was lost while onboard as passenger when U-804 was sunk in the Kattegat en route to Norway.
Sources
Busch, R & Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Ruprecht Fischer
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-244 | 18 Jul 1944 | Kiel | 20 Jul 1944 | Horten | 3 days | ||
| 2. | U-244 | 24 Jul 1944 | Horten | 31 Jul 1944 | Bergen | 8 days | ||
| 3. | U-244 | 9 Aug 1944 | Bergen | 10 Oct 1944 | Bergen | Patrol 1, | 63 days | |
| 4. | U-244 | 13 Oct 1944 | Bergen | 14 Oct 1944 | Stavanger | 2 days | ||
| 5. | U-244 | 31 Oct 1944 | Stavanger | 1 Nov 1944 | Bergen | 2 days | ||
| 6. | U-244 | 12 Dec 1944 | Bergen | 23 Dec 1944 | Bergen | Patrol 2, | 12 days | |
| 7. | U-244 | 9 Jan 1945 | Bergen | 13 Mar 1945 | Bergen | Patrol 3, | 64 days | |
| 3 patrols, 139 days at sea | ||||||||
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.
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