Detlef von Lehsten

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	14 Aug 1917		Hamburg
Died	16 Mar 1984	(66)

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
18 Feb 1945		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 Oct 1941		Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Silver
20 Nov 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
26 May 1943		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-373	26 Sep 1943	8 Jun 1944	4 patrols (71 days)
U-3508	2 Nov 1944	4 Mar 1945	No war patrols
U-3044	26 Apr 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Detlef von Lehsten

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-373	27 Sep 1943	La Pallice	29 Sep 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	3 days
2.	U-373	2 Oct 1943	La Pallice	4 Oct 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	3 days
3.	U-373	6 Oct 1943	La Pallice	26 Nov 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	52 days
4.	U-373	26 Dec 1943	La Pallice	28 Dec 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	3 days
5.	U-373	1 Jan 1944	La Pallice	5 Jan 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	5 days
6.	U-373	16 Mar 1944	Brest	18 Mar 1944	Brest	Patrol 3,	3 days
7.	U-373	7 Jun 1944	Brest	8 Jun 1944	Sunk	Patrol 4,	2 days
4 patrols, 71 days at sea

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.