Helmut Lange

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	31 Aug 1916		Tilsit
Died	15 Feb 1945	(28)	Norwegian Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-72	20 Nov 1942	14 Dec 1943	No war patrols
U-1053	12 Feb 1944	15 Feb 1945 (+)	1 patrol (76 days)

Patrol info for Helmut Lange

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1053	28 Oct 1944	Kiel	31 Oct 1944	Horten		4 days
2.	U-1053	7 Nov 1944	Horten	21 Jan 1945	Stavanger	Patrol 1,	76 days
3.	U-1053	15 Feb 1945	Bergen	15 Feb 1945	Sunk		1 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.