Wolfgang Hegewald

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	5 Jul 1917		Chemnitz
Died	4 Aug 1944	(27)	English Channel

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
1 Aug 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-671	7 May 1943	4 Aug 1944 (+)	2 patrols (49 days)

Patrol info for Wolfgang Hegewald

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-671	13 May 1944	Kiel	15 May 1944	Marviken		3 days
2.	U-671	26 May 1944	Marviken	27 May 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-671	28 May 1944	Bergen	5 Jul 1944	Boulogne	Patrol 1,	39 days
4.	U-671	26 Jul 1944	Boulogne	4 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	10 days
2 patrols, 49 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.