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Baust, Franz (U-745)

Date of birth:
February 15th, 1915 (Oftersheim)
Date of death:
February 4th, 1945 (Gulf of Finland)
Buried on:
German Submarines Memorial
Service number:
UO.1001/35.T.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Kommandos U 1. U 4. U 733. U 745 Type VIIC
30.01.1945: Obermaschinist, U-745 reported MIA in the Gulf of Finland, position unknown, probably lost by mine - all 48 crew on board KIA
In 2012 the wreck of U-676 and U-745 was detected in position 59°30′N 23°0′E several hundred meters apart in the vicinity of a mine barrage Vantaa 3 laid by the Finnish minelayer 'Louhi' and 'Ruotsinsalmi' on 12 January 1945

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obermaschinist
Unit:
U-Boot, "U 745", 9. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - HMA
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