Wolfgang Rahn

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	31 Oct 1920		Worms
Died	10 Mar 1944	(23)	Mediterranean

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-343	18 Feb 1943	10 Mar 1944 (+)	3 patrols (58 days)

Patrol info for Wolfgang Rahn

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-343	16 Oct 1943	Kiel	19 Oct 1943	Trondheim		4 days
2.	U-343	22 Oct 1943	Trondheim	16 Nov 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	26 days
3.	U-343	26 Dec 1943	La Pallice	19 Jan 1944	Toulon	Patrol 2,	25 days
4.	U-343	4 Mar 1944	Toulon	10 Mar 1944	Sunk	Patrol 3,	7 days
3 patrols, 58 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.