Günther Heinrich
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 9,656 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 611 GRT |
| Born | 20 Jan 1920 | Schildau, Torgau |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-960 | 28 Jan 1943 | 19 May 1944 | 5 patrols (136 days) |
Patrol info for Günther Heinrich
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-960 | 3 Aug 1943 | Kiel | 6 Aug 1943 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 2. | U-960 | 12 Aug 1943 | Bergen | 15 Aug 1943 | Narvik | 4 days | ||
| 3. | U-960 | 18 Aug 1943 | Narvik | 1 Sep 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 1, | 15 days | |
| 4. | U-960 | 14 Sep 1943 | Narvik | 10 Oct 1943 | Narvik | Patrol 2, | 27 days | |
| 5. | U-960 | 14 Oct 1943 | Narvik | 16 Oct 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | ||
| 6. | U-960 | 4 Dec 1943 | Trondheim | 3 Feb 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol 3, | 62 days | |
| 7. | U-960 | 16 Mar 1944 | La Pallice | 18 Mar 1944 | La Pallice | 3 days | ||
| 8. | U-960 | 19 Mar 1944 | La Pallice | 27 Mar 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol 4, | 9 days | |
| 9. | U-960 | 27 Apr 1944 | La Pallice | 19 May 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 23 days | |
| 5 patrols, 136 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Günther Heinrich
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 30 Sep 1943 | U-960 |  | Arkhangel´sk | 2,480 |  | sj | VA-18 | |
| 1 Oct 1943 | U-960 | T-896 (No 42) | 611 | | sj | VA-18 | ||
| 16 Jan 1944 | U-960 | | Sumner I. Kimball | 7,176 |  | am | ON-219 | |
| 10,267 | ||||||||
3 ships sunk (10,267 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.
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