Helmut Sommer

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	24 Aug 1914		Breslau
Died	17 Sep 1973	(59)

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Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
3 Aug 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-139	1 Jul 1942	30 Sep 1942	No war patrols
U-78	Nov, 1942	16 May 1943	No war patrols
U-853	25 Jun 1943	9 Jul 1944	1 patrol (67 days)

Patrol info for Helmut Sommer

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-853	11 Apr 1944	Kiel	14 Apr 1944	Kiel		4 days
2.	U-853	20 Apr 1944	Kiel	22 Apr 1944	Marviken		3 days
3.	U-853	25 Apr 1944	Marviken	26 Apr 1944	Bergen		2 days
4.	U-853	29 Apr 1944	Bergen	4 Jul 1944	Lorient	Patrol 1,	67 days

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.