Heinrich Ratsch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	18 Oct 1914		Berlin
Died	15 Nov 1941	(27)	Baltic Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-28	12 Feb 1941	21 Jun 1941	No war patrols
U-583	14 Aug 1941	15 Nov 1941 (+)	No war patrols

Patrol info for Heinrich Ratsch

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.