Rudolf Büchler
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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Born | 14 Oct 1915 | | Breslau |
Died | 9 Dec 1944 | (29) | Barents Sea |
Kriegsmarine crew book photo
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3 Apr 1936 | | Offiziersanwärter | 10 Sep 1936 | | Seekadett | 1 May 1937 | | Fähnrich zur See | 1 Jul 1938 | | Oberfähnrich zur See | 1 Oct 1938 | | Leutnant zur See | 1 Oct 1940 | | Oberleutnant zur See | 1 Jul 1943 | | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
U-387 | 24 Nov 1942 | 9 Dec 1944 (+) | 10 patrols (253 days) |
Patrol info for Rudolf Büchler
| U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
1. |
U-387 |
22 Jun 1943 | Kiel |
24 Jun 1943 | Marviken |
| 3 days | |
2. |
U-387 |
27 Jun 1943 | Marviken |
30 Jun 1943 | Bergen |
| 4 days | |
3. |
U-387 |
3 Jul 1943 | Bergen |
21 Aug 1943 | Narvik |
Patrol 1, | 50 days | |
4. |
U-387 |
18 Sep 1943 | Narvik |
4 Oct 1943 | Narvik |
Patrol 2, | 17 days | |
5. |
U-387 |
4 Oct 1943 | Narvik |
6 Oct 1943 | Narvik |
Patrol 2, | 3 days | |
6. |
U-387 |
22 Oct 1943 | Narvik |
6 Dec 1943 | Hammerfest |
Patrol 3, | 46 days | |
7. |
U-387 |
7 Dec 1943 | Hammerfest |
5 Jan 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 3, | 30 days | |
8. |
U-387 |
7 Jan 1944 | Narvik |
9 Jan 1944 | Trondheim |
| 3 days | |
9. |
U-387 |
12 Jan 1944 | Trondheim |
16 Jan 1944 | Bergen |
| 5 days | |
10. |
U-387 |
13 Apr 1944 | Bergen |
18 Apr 1944 | Narvik |
| 6 days | |
11. |
U-387 |
20 Apr 1944 | Narvik |
5 May 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 4, | 16 days | |
12. |
U-387 |
20 May 1944 | Narvik |
8 Jun 1944 | Skjomenfjord |
Patrol 5, | 20 days | |
13. |
U-387 |
23 Jun 1944 | Skjomenfjord |
24 Jun 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 6, | 2 days | |
14. |
U-387 |
11 Jul 1944 | Narvik |
21 Jul 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 7, | 11 days | |
15. |
U-387 |
25 Jul 1944 | Narvik |
27 Jul 1944 | Trondheim |
| 3 days | |
16. |
U-387 |
28 Sep 1944 | Trondheim |
3 Oct 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 8, | 6 days | |
17. |
U-387 |
9 Oct 1944 | Narvik |
10 Nov 1944 | Narvik |
Patrol 9, | 33 days | |
18. |
U-387 |
21 Nov 1944 | Narvik |
9 Dec 1944 | Sunk |
Patrol 10, | 19 days | |
10 patrols, 253 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.
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