Helmut Wicke

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

8 Nov 1920

Oberursel, Taunus

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-560	1 Sep 1943	12 Dec 1943	No war patrols
U-351	13 Dec 1943	30 Jun 1944	No war patrols
U-1007	10 Jul 1944	Feb, 1945	No war patrols
U-1231	Mar, 1945	13 May 1945	1 patrol (18 days, * did not finish patrol)

Patrol info for Helmut Wicke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1231	13 Apr 1945	Kiel	20 Apr 1945	Horten		8 days
2.	U-1231	22 Apr 1945	Horten	24 Apr 1945	Kristiansand		3 days
3.	U-1231	27 Apr 1945	Kristiansand	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	Patrol 1,	18 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.