Christian-Brandt Coester

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	13 Nov 1919		Breslau
Died	28 Nov 1943	(24)	North Atlantic

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

Decorations

2 Oct 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Apr 1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-10	23 Jun 1942	Feb, 1943	No war patrols
U-542	7 Apr 1943	28 Nov 1943 (+)	1 patrol (39 days)

Patrol info for Christian-Brandt Coester

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-542	21 Oct 1943	Kiel	28 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	39 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.