The Men - U-boat Commanders

Ernst Lottner

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  15 Aug 1920 Lychen, Uckermark
Died  27 Mar 1965(44)

Ranks

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

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  U-boat War Badge 1939
  Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-349 8 Sep 1943 4 Jan 1944   No war patrols 
U-746 5 Jan 1944 5 May 1945   No war patrols 

Patrol info for Ernst Lottner

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


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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