Helmut Hennig

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  30 Apr 1914 Kahl, Main
Died  16 Oct 1943(29)Indian Ocea, Gulf of Oman


Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-24 11 Mar 1941 31 Jul 1941   No war patrols 
U-533 25 Nov 1942 16 Oct 1943  (+)  2 patrols (144 days) 

Patrol info for Helmut Hennig

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-533 15 Apr 1943  Kiel  24 May 1943  Lorient  Patrol 1,40 days
2. U-533 3 Jul 1943  Lorient  4 Jul 1943  Lorient   2 days
3. U-533 5 Jul 1943  Lorient  16 Oct 1943  Sunk  Patrol 2,104 days
2 patrols, 144 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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