Helmut Münster

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  14 Sep 1916 Magdeburg
Died  5 Mar 1982(65)Kirchdorf - Brigachtal, Germany


Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938 Seekadett
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
1 Jan 1945 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

5 Nov 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class
31 Dec 1940 Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Sep 1941 Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Bronze
27 Jan 1942 U-boat War Badge 1939
20 Apr 1944 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-101 15 Sep 1942 22 Oct 1943   No war patrols 
U-428 26 Oct 1943 1 May 1944   No war patrols 
U-3501 29 Jul 1944 4 Oct 1944   No war patrols 
U-3517 22 Dec 1944 2 May 1945   No war patrols 

Patrol info for Helmut Münster

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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