Klaus Paepenmöller

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	25 Feb 1918		Bielefeld
Died	6 Mar 1944	(26)	Arctic Ocean

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-973	15 Apr 1943	6 Mar 1944 (+)	2 patrols (17 days)

Patrol info for Klaus Paepenmöller

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-973	22 Jan 1944	Kiel	23 Jan 1944	Marviken		2 days
2.	U-973	26 Jan 1944	Marviken	29 Jan 1944	Bergen		4 days
3.	U-973	2 Feb 1944	Bergen	12 Feb 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	11 days
4.	U-973	19 Feb 1944	Narvik	21 Feb 1944	Trondheim		3 days
5.	U-973	1 Mar 1944	Trondheim	6 Mar 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	6 days
2 patrols, 17 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.