Unterseeboot 434
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U-434 Type VIIC --- German Kriegsmarine U-boat Unterseeboot --- Laid down 20 January 1940 F. Schichau, Danzig --- Commissioned 21 June 1941 --- Commander 21 June 1941 - 18 December 1941 Kapitänleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Heyda --- Training Patrol 21 June 1941 - 1 Novovember 1941 7. Flottille --- War Patrol 1 November 1941 - 18 Dececember 1941 7. Flottille (front boat)---
Sunk 18 December 1941 in the North Atlantic north of Madeira, Portugal, in position 36.15N, 15.48W. It was forced to the surface by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Blankney and the British destroyer HMS Stanley. 2 dead and 42 survivors.---
Movietone News Clip of the sinking of U-434 --- Title: U-BOATS DESTROYED IN CONVOY http://www.movietone.com/index.cfm
CREW---- Kapitänleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Heyda, Kommandant--- Oblerutnant z.S. Wolfgang Frank, IWO KIA,--- Leutnant z.S. Klaus Janus, IIWO,--- Leutnant(Ing) Friedrich Oesterlein, LI, --- Enlisted Men --- Ob.Masch. Rudolf Rothe -- Ob.Masch. Walter Kloss -- Ob.St.M. Wilhelm Lehn -- Bts.Mt. Paul Lüdtke -- Bts.Mt. Gerhard Böhm -- Bts.Mt. Friedrich Huffmeyer -- Ma.Mt. Werner Schwartz -- Ma.Mt. Erich Pfeiffer -- Ma.Mt. Wilhelm Hassler -- Ma.Mt. Friedrich Leidig -- Ma.Mt. Anton Deeken -- Ma.Mt. Heinz Grüschow -- Ma.Mt. Ernst Kleemann -- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Rudi Meinert -- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Emil Fehr -- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Gerhard Schmidt -- Mt.Ob.Gfr. Heinrich Jäger -- Fk.Ob.Gfr. Wilhelm Hasselroth -- Me.Ob.Gfr. Kurt König -- Mtr.Gfr. Gottfried Petzold -- Mtr.Gfr. Egon Büttner -- Mtr.Gfr. Karl Hildenbrand -- Mtr.Gfr. Rudolf Unger -- Mtr.Gfr. Johannes Koch -- Mtr.Gfr. Hans Maslonka -- Ma.Gfr. Walter Sallier -- Ma.Gfr. Herbert Conen -- Ma.Gfr. Karl-Heinz Bothe -- Ma.Gfr. Karl Flemmig -- Ma.Gfr. Anton Imfeld -- Ma.Gfr. Walter Mölders -- Ma.Gfr. Kurt Stockmar -- Ma.Gfr. Bertold Armborst Ma.Gfr. Ernst Claas -- Ma.Gfr. Helmut Brandes KIA -- Fk.Gfr. Horst Braun -- Fk.Gfr. Kurt Bräuner -- Me.Gfr. Helmut Wegner -- Me.Gfr. Otto Hannemann -- Mtr. Georg Zeller -- Fk.Mtr. Rudi Kruschwitz --
