Ernst Ziehm

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	20 Jul 1914		Kiel
Died	9 Jul 1943	(28)	west of Oporto, Portugal

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Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-78	1 Jul 1942	Nov, 1942	No war patrols
U-232	28 Nov 1942	9 Jul 1943 (+)	1 patrol (63 days)

Patrol info for Ernst Ziehm

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-232	8 May 1943	Kiel	9 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	63 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.