Helmut Wieduwilt

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	28 Nov 1919		Gera
Died	24 Mar 1995	(75)

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-718	25 Jun 1943	18 Nov 1943	No war patrols
U-262	25 Jan 1944	24 Nov 1944	3 patrols (172 days)

Patrol info for Helmut Wieduwilt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-262	3 Feb 1944	La Pallice	29 Apr 1944	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	87 days
2.	U-262	6 Jun 1944	La Pallice	15 Jun 1944	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	10 days
3.	U-262	23 Aug 1944	La Pallice	5 Nov 1944	Flensburg	Patrol 3,	75 days
3 patrols, 172 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.