Erich Mäder

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,920 tons

Born	3 Oct 1915		Beuchlitz, Halle, Saxony
Died	20 Oct 1943	(28)	Central North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-378	12 Oct 1942	20 Oct 1943 (+)	4 patrols (149 days)

Patrol info for Erich Mäder

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-378	17 Oct 1942	Skjomenford	19 Oct 1942	Trondheim		3 days
2.	U-378	7 Nov 1942	Trondheim	9 Nov 1942	Skjomenford		3 days
3.	U-378	11 Nov 1942	Skjomenford	12 Dec 1942	Narvik	Patrol 1,	32 days
4.	U-378	15 Dec 1942	Narvik	17 Dec 1942	Trondheim		3 days
5.	U-378	7 Mar 1943	Trondheim	12 Mar 1943	Hammerfest		6 days
6.	U-378	15 Mar 1943	Hammerfest	1 Apr 1943	Trondheim	Patrol 2,	18 days
7.	U-378	12 Apr 1943	Trondheim	4 Jun 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	54 days
8.	U-378	6 Sep 1943	La Pallice	20 Oct 1943	Sunk	Patrol 4,	45 days
4 patrols, 149 days at sea

Ships hit by Erich Mäder

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
8 Oct 1943	U-378	ORP Orkan	1,920	po	SC-143
	1,920
1 ship sunk (1,920 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

8 Oct 1943

U-378

ORP Orkan

1,920

SC-143

1,920

1 ship sunk (1,920 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.