Walter Pietschmann

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  31 Jul 1919 Rauschwalde
Died  8 Feb 1944(24)Central North Atlantic


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

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-712 5 Nov 1942 14 Dec 1943   No war patrols 
U-762 15 Dec 1943 8 Feb 1944  (+)  1 patrol (43 days) 

Patrol info for Walter Pietschmann

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-712 23 Oct 1943  Kiel  29 Oct 1943  Bergen   7 days
2. U-712 4 Nov 1943  Bergen  10 Nov 1943  Kiel   7 days
3. U-762 28 Dec 1943  Brest  8 Feb 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,43 days


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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