Helmut Kandzior

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  25 Sep 1919 Krumhübel, Riesengebirge
Died  22 Aug 1944(24)North Atlantic


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-333 6 Oct 1942 9 Oct 1942   No war patrols 
U-743 15 May 1943 22 Aug 1944  (+)  1 patrol (5 days) 

Patrol info for Helmut Kandzior

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-743 15 Jun 1944  Kiel  21 Jun 1944  Bergen   7 days
2. U-743 18 Aug 1944  Bergen  20 Aug 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 1,3 days
3. U-743 21 Aug 1944  Trondheim  22 Aug 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,2 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.

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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