Wolfgang Breithaupt

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	19 Sep 1913		Hochheim, Erfurt
Died	24 Oct 1942	(29)	North Atlantic

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Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1939		Iron Cross 2nd Class
28 Oct 1941		Fleet War Badge

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-599	4 Dec 1941	24 Oct 1942 (+)	1 patrol (59 days)

Patrol info for Wolfgang Breithaupt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-599	27 Aug 1942	Kiel	24 Oct 1942	Sunk	Patrol 1,	59 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.