Otto Tinschert

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	2 Mar 1915		Otterndorf
Died	16 May 2006	(91)	Guatemala city, Guatemala

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 Sep 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-267	11 Jul 1942	13 Jul 1943	3 patrols (108 days)
U-650	14 Jul 1943	26 Nov 1943	No war patrols
U-267	27 Nov 1943	6 Jul 1944	1 patrol (85 days)
U-3011	21 Dec 1944	24 Apr 1945	No war patrols
U-903	25 Apr 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Otto Tinschert

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-267	12 Jan 1943	Kiel	18 Feb 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	38 days
2.	U-267	23 Mar 1943	St. Nazaire	21 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	60 days
3.	U-267	4 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	13 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	10 days
4.	U-267	10 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	13 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire		4 days
5.	U-267	15 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	17 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire		3 days
6.	U-267	20 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	22 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire		3 days
7.	U-267	19 Feb 1944	St. Nazaire	21 Feb 1944	St. Nazaire		3 days
8.	U-267	26 Feb 1944	St. Nazaire	20 May 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	85 days
4 patrols, 193 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.