The Men - U-boat Commanders

Max-Hermann Bauer

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 30)

Successes
5 ships sunk, total tonnage 16,589 GRT

Born	24 Jul 1912		Rüstringen
Died	6 Apr 1940	(27)	North Atlantic

Ranks

1 Apr 1930		Offiziersanwärter
10 Oct 1930		Seekadett
1 Jan 1932		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1934		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1936		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1940		Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)

Decorations

23 Nov 1939		U-boat War Badge 1939
23 Nov 1939		Iron Cross 2nd Class
3 Mar 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-18	1 Nov 1937	24 Nov 1939	4 patrols (47 days)
U-50	12 Dec 1939	6 Apr 1940 (+)	2 patrols (30 days)

Patrol info for Max-Hermann Bauer

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-18	30 Aug 1939	Memel	7 Sep 1939	Swinemünde	Patrol 1,	9 days
2.	U-18	8 Sep 1939	Swinemünde	8 Sep 1939	Kiel		1 days
3.	U-18	14 Sep 1939	Kiel	24 Sep 1939	Kiel	Patrol 2,	11 days
4.	U-18	2 Oct 1939	Kiel	19 Oct 1939	Kiel	Patrol 3,	18 days
5.	U-18	15 Nov 1939	Kiel	23 Nov 1939	Kiel	Patrol 4,	9 days
6.	U-50	6 Feb 1940	Helgoland	4 Mar 1940	Kiel	Patrol 5,	28 days
7.	U-50	5 Apr 1940	Kiel	6 Apr 1940	Sunk	Patrol 6,	2 days
6 patrols, 77 days at sea

Ships hit by Max-Hermann Bauer

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
18 Nov 1939	U-18		Parkhill	500		br

11 Feb 1940	U-50		Orania	1,854		sw
15 Feb 1940	U-50		Maryland	4,895		da
21 Feb 1940	U-50		Tara	4,760		nl
22 Feb 1940	U-50		British Endeavour	4,580		br	OGF-19
				16,589
5 ships sunk (16,589 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

Media links

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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