Hans-Jürgen Reese

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	27 Apr 1918		Oldenburg
Died	20 Oct 1943	(25)	North Atlantic

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-420	16 Dec 1942	20 Oct 1943 (+)	2 patrols (47 days)

Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Reese

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-420	12 Jun 1943	Kiel	16 Jul 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	35 days
2.	U-420	7 Oct 1943	Lorient	8 Oct 1943	Brest		2 days
3.	U-420	9 Oct 1943	Brest	20 Oct 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	12 days
2 patrols, 47 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.