U Boat Captain Henke

In february 1942 he commisioned his own boat u 515.

U boat captain henke.

Werner henke 13 may 1909 15 june 1944 was the commander of u 515 in the battle of the atlantic of world war ii. The tonnage figures and sometimes the number of ships sunk is still being debated among historians. Over 40 000 pages on the officers the boats technology and the allied efforts to counter the u boat threat. The bdu the supreme commander of the kriegsmarine u boat arm ordered u 515 to return to the position of the sinking to find out the ship s destination about noon the u boat commander kapitänleutnant werner henke decided to rescue the ceramic s skipper.

The u boat war in world war two kriegsmarine 1939 1945 and world war one kaiserliche marine 1914 1918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. He was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the pow interrogation center in fort hunt virginia in the united states. In heavy seas he sighted one of the lifeboats and its occupants waved to him. U 515 was sunk by the us task group 22 3 commanded by daniel v.

Bargsten left u 99 in january 1941 and in march commissioned the u 563 on 27 03 1941 and during battle against convoy hg 75 he sank a freighter but unsuccessfully attacked a royal navy destroyer the pc 565. Joachim schepke 8 march 1912 17 march 1941 was a german u boat commander during world war ii he was the seventh recipient of the knight s cross of the iron cross with oak leaves it was germany s highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to joachim schepke. The list of most successful u boat commanders contains the top scoring german u boat commanders in the two world wars based on their total tonnage sunk. Other u boat aces were u 515 werner henke u 37 victor oehrn and u 504 hans poske.