Franz Saar

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	12 Dec 1919		Nürnberg
Died	20 Mar 1943	(23)	AGRU-Front

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-46	May, 1942	Jul, 1942	No war patrols
U-555	Aug, 1942	4 Oct 1942	No war patrols
U-30	5 Oct 1942	16 Dec 1942	No war patrols
U-957	7 Jan 1943	20 Mar 1943 (+)	No war patrols

Oblt. Franz Saar was killed in an accident during diving exercises on 20 March 1943 (Busch & Röll, 1999).

Patrol info for Franz Saar

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.