Wilhelm Luis

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	13 Dec 1915		Lübeck
Died	30 Jul 1943	(27)	Cape Ortegal

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Ranks

1 Apr 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1942		Kapitänleutnant
1 Jul 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-504	6 Jan 1943	30 Jul 1943 (+)	3 patrols (108 days)

Patrol info for Wilhelm Luis

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-504	19 Jan 1943	Lorient	24 Mar 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	65 days
2.	U-504	21 Apr 1943	Lorient	29 May 1943	Bordeaux	Patrol 2,	39 days
3.	U-504	27 Jul 1943	Bordeaux	30 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	4 days
3 patrols, 108 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.