U Boat Captain Henke

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U boat captain henke.

In february 1942 he commisioned his own boat u 515. Werner henke 13 may 1909 15 june 1944 was the commander of u 515 in the battle of the atlantic of world war ii. In heavy seas he sighted one of the lifeboats and its occupants waved to him. Other u boat aces were u 515 werner henke u 37 victor oehrn and u 504 hans poske.

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. This is often due to convoy battles at night when an attacking wolfpack fired torpedoes into the convoy and two sometimes more. Gallery on 9 april 1944 and henke was captured along with about 40 of his crew. He was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the pow interrogation center in fort hunt virginia in the united states.

U 515 was sunk by the us task group 22 3 commanded by daniel v. The tonnage figures and sometimes the number of ships sunk is still being debated among historians. 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. 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.