Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	23 Oct 1919		Breslau
Died	18 Aug 1989	(69)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-717	19 May 1943	5 May 1945	5 patrols (52 days)

Patrol info for Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-717	16 Aug 1944	Kiel	19 Aug 1944	Helsinki	Patrol 1,	4 days
2.	U-717	21 Aug 1944	Helsinki	21 Aug 1944	Grand Hotel	Patrol 2,	1 days
3.	U-717	26 Aug 1944	Grand Hotel	31 Aug 1944	Grand Hotel	Patrol 3,	6 days
4.	U-717	3 Sep 1944	Grand Hotel	25 Sep 1944	Windau	Patrol 4,	23 days
5.	U-717	30 Sep 1944	Windau	17 Oct 1944	Danzig	Patrol 5,	18 days
5 patrols, 52 days at sea

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.