Hofmann, Horst (U 672)

Date of birth:: January 18th, 1919 (Cranzahl/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: June 14th, 1978 (Lübeck/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
1st october 1938: Matrosengefreiter;
1st October 1939: Matrosenobergefreiter;
1st December 1940: Bootsmannsmaat;
1st December 1942: Oberbootsmannsmaat;
1st September 1943: Obersteuermann.

Career:
April 1939 - January 1941: "U 48";
July 1941 - March 1943: "U 134";
October 1943 - July 1944: "U 672".

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U-boot Kriegsabzeichen (ohne Brillianten)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Matrosengefreiter
Unit:: "U 48"
Awarded on:: 1939

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Matrosenobergefreiter
Unit:: "U 48"
Awarded on:: February 25th, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Matrosenobergefreiter
Unit:: "U 48"
Awarded on:: August 30th, 1940

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberbootsmannsmaat
Unit:: seemännischer Unteroffizier, "U 134", 3. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:: April 1st, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obersteurmann (Petty Officer 1st Class)
Unit:: Steuermann, Wachoffizier, "U 672"
Awarded on:: May 20th, 1944

Awarded for his outstanding service on numerous U-Boat patrols, including 2 very long ones. In this time he mastered even the most difficult of situations and proved to be of indispensable support to his captains.

Sources

Photo 1:
- SCHINDLER, MICHAEL G., Ritterkreuzträger aus Sachsen 1939-1945, libergraphix.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- U-boat net
- U 672 – U-Boot-Archiv Wiki