Horst Elfe

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	23 Apr 1917		Allenstein, East Prussia
Died	20 Jul 2008	(91)	Berlin, Germany

Horst Elfe on the tower of U-139 in 1941

Ranks

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 Apr 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

22 Jul 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
6 Aug 1940		U-boat War Badge 1939
Nov 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-139	21 Dec 1940	5 Oct 1941	2 patrols (25 days)
U-93	6 Oct 1941	15 Jan 1942	2 patrols (59 days)

Patrol info for Horst Elfe

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-139	16 Jul 1941	Oxhöft	22 Jul 1941	Windau		7 days
2.	U-139	23 Jul 1941	Windau	24 Jul 1941	Windau		2 days
3.	U-139	29 Jul 1941	Windau	18 Aug 1941	Stormelö	Patrol 1,	21 days
4.	U-139	28 Aug 1941	Stormelö	31 Aug 1941	Gotenhafen	Patrol 2,	4 days
5.	U-93	18 Oct 1941	St. Nazaire	21 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	35 days
6.	U-93	23 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	15 Jan 1942	Sunk	Patrol 4,	24 days
4 patrols, 84 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.