Erich Krempl

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	15 May 1921		Wels, Danube
Died	19 Apr 1945	(23)	off US coast, east of Boston

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-71	1 Jul 1943	Jul, 1943	No war patrols
U-28	Jul, 1943	1 Dec 1943	No war patrols
U-1162	2 Dec 1943	8 Jan 1945	No war patrols
U-548	9 Feb 1945	19 Apr 1945 (+)	1 patrol (46 days)

Patrol info for Erich Krempl

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-548	24 Feb 1945	Kiel	28 Feb 1945	Horten		5 days
2.	U-548	5 Mar 1945	Horten	19 Apr 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	46 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.