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Helmut Sommer

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  24 Aug, 1914Breslau
Died  17 Sep, 1973

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Helmut Sommer
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Ranks

1 Aug, 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-1391 Jul, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942  No war patrols 
U-78Nov, 1942 - 16 May, 1943  No war patrols 
U-85325 Jun, 1943 - 9 Jul, 1944  1 patrol (67 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-853 11 Apr, 1944  Kiel 14 Apr, 1944  Kiel  4 days
2. U-853 20 Apr, 1944  Kiel 22 Apr, 1944  Marviken  3 days
3. U-853 25 Apr, 1944  Marviken 26 Apr, 1944  Bergen  2 days
4. U-853 29 Apr, 1944  Bergen 4 Jul, 1944  Lorient Patrol,67 days

Books dealing with this subject include:

Cento sommergibili non sono tornati, Meneghini, Teucle, 1968
Un sommergibile non è rientrato alla base, Un, Maronari, Antonio, 1951


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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