Helmut Herglotz

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  15 Mar 1918 Berndorf, Wiener Neustadt
Died  2 Feb 1983(64)


Ranks

1 Oct 1938 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939 Seekadett
1 Dec 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941 Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  U-boat War Badge 1939
  Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-2 20 Nov 1942 12 Dec 1943   No war patrols 
U-290 27 Dec 1943 Apr, 1945   3 patrols (105 days) 
U-1303 Apr, 1945 5 May 1945   No war patrols 

Patrol info for Helmut Herglotz

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-290 18 May 1944  Kiel  20 May 1944  Egersund   3 days
2. U-290 1 Jun 1944  Egersund  16 Jun 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,16 days
3. U-290 15 Jul 1944  Bergen  17 Jul 1944  Kristiansand   3 days
4. U-290 12 Aug 1944  Kristiansand  13 Aug 1944  Kiel   2 days
5. U-290 15 Aug 1944  Kiel  17 Aug 1944  Gotenhafen   3 days
6. U-290 7 Sep 1944  Gotenhafen  5 Nov 1944  Danzig  Patrol 2,60 days
7. U-290 30 Dec 1944  Danzig  31 Dec 1944  Libau   2 days
8. U-290 1 Jan 1945  Libau  29 Jan 1945  Kiel  Patrol 3,29 days
3 patrols, 105 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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