Klaus Willeke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	16 Feb 1919
Died	2 Jan 2011	(91)	Detmold, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-3514	6 May 1945	9 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Klaus Willeke

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.