German submarine U-434

German submarine U-434

U-Boat Infobox
type=VIIC
fieldpost number=
yard number=
order date=
keel=20 January 1940 launch=
commission=21 June 1941
yard=F. Schichau, Danzig|
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=21 June 1941
enddate=1 November 1941
assigned unit=Training patrol, 7. Flottille

U-Boat Patrol
startdate=1 November 1941
enddate=18 December 1941
assigned unit=War Patrol, 7. Flottille (front boat)U_Boat Command
startdate=21 June 1941
enddate=18 December 1941
name=Kapitänleutnant z.S. Wolfgang Heyda

U-434 Type VIIC was a German Kriegsmarine U-boat.

"U-434" was sunk on 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. There were 2 dead and 42 survivors.

External links

*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


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