Klaus-Dietrich König

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  14 Nov 1915 Kiel
Died  15 Dec 1943(28)


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938 Seekadett
1 Apr 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
UD-5 16 Dec 1942 9 Jan 1943   No war patrols (Acting CO)
U-972 8 Apr 1943 15 Dec 1943  (+)  1 patrol (16 days) 

Patrol info for Klaus-Dietrich König

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. UD-5 21 Dec 1942  Lorient  3 Jan 1943  Bergen   14 days
2. UD-5 4 Jan 1943  Bergen  9 Jan 1943  Kiel   6 days
3. U-972 30 Nov 1943  Kiel  15 Dec 1943  Sunk  Patrol 1,16 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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