Hans Geissler

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

1 Oct 1916

Rüdensheim

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Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-440	24 Jan 1942	19 May 1943	4 patrols (137 days)

Patrol info for Hans Geissler

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-440	1 Sep 1942	Kiel	21 Sep 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	21 days
2.	U-440	19 Oct 1942	Brest	13 Nov 1942	Brest	Patrol 2,	26 days
3.	U-440	12 Dec 1942	Brest	26 Jan 1943	Brest	Patrol 3,	46 days
4.	U-440	27 Feb 1943	Brest	11 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	44 days
4 patrols, 137 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.