Karl-Heinz Wendt

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 925 tons

Born	22 Feb 1920		Stettin
Died	20 Feb 1945	(24)	near Ireland

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1276	6 Apr 1944	20 Feb 1945 (+)	1 patrol (24 days)

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Wendt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1276	4 Nov 1944	Kiel	11 Nov 1944	Horten		8 days
2.	U-1276	15 Nov 1944	Horten	17 Nov 1944	Kristiansand		3 days
3.	U-1276	19 Nov 1944	Kristiansand	20 Nov 1944	Farsund		2 days
4.	U-1276	16 Jan 1945	Farsund	17 Jan 1945	Bergen		2 days
5.	U-1276	19 Jan 1945	Bergen	22 Jan 1945	Bergen		4 days
6.	U-1276	28 Jan 1945	Bergen	20 Feb 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	24 days

Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Wendt

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
20 Feb 1945	U-1276	HMS Vervain (K 190)	925	br	HX-337
			925
1 ship sunk (925 tons).

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.