Helmut Frömsdorf

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,353 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 430 tons

Born	26 Mar 1921		Schimmelwitz, Silesia
Died	6 May 1945	(24)	US waters

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Dec 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-853	18 Jun 1944	9 Jul 1944	No war patrols
U-853	1 Sep 1944	6 May 1945 (+)	1 patrol (73 days)

Patrol info for Helmut Frömsdorf

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-853	6 Feb 1945	Kiel	11 Feb 1945	Horten		6 days
2.	U-853	14 Feb 1945	Horten	17 Feb 1945	Stavanger		4 days
3.	U-853	23 Feb 1945	Stavanger	6 May 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	73 days

Ships hit by Helmut Frömsdorf

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons
23 Apr 1945	U-853	USS PE-56	430	am
5 May 1945	U-853	Black Point	5,353	am
			5,783
2 ships sunk (5,783 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.