Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  5 Apr 1919 Hadersleben


Oblit. Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938 Seekadett
1 Apr 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  U-boat War Badge 1939
  Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-394 7 Aug 1943 18 Aug 1943   No war patrols 
U-396 16 Oct 1943 Mar, 1945   4 patrols (91 days) 

Patrol info for Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-396 20 Jun 1944  Kiel  3 Jul 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,14 days
2. U-396 15 Jul 1944  Bergen  20 Jul 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 2,6 days
3. U-396 6 Aug 1944  Trondheim  16 Aug 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 3,11 days
4. U-396 21 Oct 1944  Trondheim  19 Dec 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 4,60 days
4 patrols, 91 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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