Karl Friederich

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	21 Jun 1914		Grootfontein, South-West Africa
Died	2 May 1942	(27)	Mediterranean

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-5	7 Jan 1942	23 Mar 1942	No war patrols
U-74	24 Mar 1942	2 May 1942 (+)	1 patrol (10 days)

Patrol info for Karl Friederich

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-74	23 Apr 1942	La Spezia	2 May 1942	Sunk	Patrol 1,	10 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.