Daily Event for December 8, 2009


December 8, 1943 U-305 sailed from Brest, France for a patrol in the North Atlantic, this was the forth patrol for the boat and her commander Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Bahr, who had been commanding officer since the boat was commissioned on Sept. 17, 1942.

On Jan. 7, 1944 he torpedoed and sank HMCS Tweed K-250, the last ship lost to U-305. A signal was sent to BdU on Jan. 15 from Bahr stating that he was returning to France, the reason for this was not given and the boat was never heard from again. Some sources claim she was sunk on Jan. 17, 1944 by HMS Wanderer D-74, but new research indicates that the boat lost to Wanderer was U-377. To this day the true reason for her loss and the exact location remain a mystery. Her hull still holds the fifty-one men who did not return.
© 2009 Michael W. Pocock
MaritimeQuest.com




Roll of Remembrance
Zum Gedenken an die Gefallenen des Unterseeboot U-305
"In the memory of the fallen crewmen of submarine U-305 "

Name
Rate
Anders, Alfred
Obergefreiter
Bahr, Rudolf
Kapitänleutnant
Commanding Officer
Ballmann, Herbert
Ober Maat
Berghaus, Helmut
Obergefreiter
Bettinger, Hans
Obergefreiter
Bogatsch, Helmut
Leutnant zur See
Brenner, Ernst
Oberleutnant (ing)
Brinck, Johannes
Obergefreiter
Brummer, Karl
Obermaschinist
Clausnitzer, Heinz
Obergefreiter
Döhling, Karl
Obergefreiter
Dohrmann, Gerhard
Leutnant zur See
Eckner, Karl-Heinz
Obergefreiter
Engelke, Helmut
Obergefreiter
Fischer, Friedrich
Obergefreiter
Gassmann, Eugen
Gefreiter
Geesen, Johann
Obergefreiter
Gessler, Otto
Obergefreiter
Glauenitz, Paul-Heinz
Gefreiter
Görgens, Hubert
Obergefreiter
Grothe, Karl
Obergefreiter
Günther, Rudolf
Obergefreiter
Hablesreiter, Leopold
Obergefreiter
Heinrich, Konrad
Maat
Hepp, Meinrad
Maat
Höger, Friedrich
Obergefreiter
Kunath, Heinz
Obergefreiter
Loytved, Günter
Doctor
Mallon, Richard
Gefreiter
Meissner, Gerhard
Obergefreiter
Menges, Willi
Maat
Meyer, Ernst
Ober Maat
Migge, Friedrich
Obersteuermann
Plattfuss, Karl
Maat
Plitzka, Waldemar
Obergefreiter
Randt, Heinz
Obermaschinist
Reetz, Erwin-Walter
Obergefreiter
Ritz, Ernst
Obergefreiter
Rothe, Walter
Matrose
Sahr, Joachim
Ober Maat
Sander, Johannes-Hermann
Leutnant zur See
Sandhoff, Fritz
Gefreiter
Schaffner, Heinrich
Ober Maat
Sibert, Richard
Obergefreiter
Simon, Friedhelm
Maat
Soltau, Heinz
Gefreiter
Warrings, Helmut
Obergefreiter
Weise, Kurt
Maat
Wiederhake, Heinrich
Obergefreiter
Wimmer, Herbert
Obergefreiter
Wolters, Kurt
Obermaschinist


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