Hans-Guido Valentiner

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  12 Jan 1919 Wuppertal
Died  27 Jan 1999(80)Malkendorf, Germany


Ranks

3 Apr 1937 Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937 Seekadett
1 May 1938 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-385 29 Aug 1942 11 Aug 1944   2 patrols (65 days) 

Patrol info for Hans-Guido Valentiner

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-385 21 Mar 1944  Kiel  23 Mar 1944  Marviken   3 days
2. U-385 4 Apr 1944  Marviken  4 Jun 1944  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,62 days
3. U-385 9 Aug 1944  St. Nazaire  11 Aug 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,3 days
2 patrols, 65 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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