Wolfgang Borger

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	4 Apr 1913		Mainz
Died	2 Sep 1944	(31)	Norwegian Sea

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

4 Oct 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939
1943		Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-394	19 Aug 1943	2 Sep 1944 (+)	2 patrols (76 days)

Patrol info for Wolfgang Borger

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-394	29 Apr 1944	Kiel	1 May 1944	Arendal		3 days
2.	U-394	15 May 1944	Arendal	16 May 1944	Bergen		2 days
3.	U-394	18 May 1944	Bergen	25 May 1944	Narvik		8 days
4.	U-394	1 Jun 1944	Narvik	8 Jul 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 1,	38 days
5.	U-394	27 Jul 1944	Hammerfest	2 Sep 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	38 days
2 patrols, 76 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.