Willi Hertin
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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Born | 11 Sep 1914 | | Balve, Westphalia |
Died | 28 Jul 1943 | (28) | east of Shetland Islands |
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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 Oct 1942 | | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
U-647 | 5 Nov 1942 | 28 Jul 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (7 days) |
Willi Hertin took his boat, U-647, out from Kiel, Germany on his first patrol as U-boat commander on 22 July 1943. The boat was listed as missing 6 days later north of the Shetland Islands, position unknown, possibly mined (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Willi Hertin
| U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
1. |
U-647 |
22 Jul 1943 | Kiel |
28 Jul 1943 | Sunk |
Patrol 1, | 7 days | |
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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