Helmut Thurmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	5 Jan 1915		Lippstadt
Died	4 Jan 1991	(75)

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Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Kadett der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1936		Fähnrich des Marinewaffenwesen
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich des Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant des Marinewaffenwesen
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant des Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1234	19 Apr 1944	14 May 1944	No war patrols
U-3004	30 Aug 1944	13 Mar 1945	No war patrols

Thurmann began his career as a weapons branch officer specializing in mines. He became a line officer in 1943.

Patrol info for Helmut Thurmann

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.