Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

5 Apr 1919

Hadersleben

Oblit. Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939
		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-394	7 Aug 1943	18 Aug 1943	No war patrols
U-396	16 Oct 1943	Mar, 1945	4 patrols (91 days)

Patrol info for Ernst-Günther Unterhorst

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-396	20 Jun 1944	Kiel	3 Jul 1944	Bergen	Patrol 1,	14 days
2.	U-396	15 Jul 1944	Bergen	20 Jul 1944	Trondheim	Patrol 2,	6 days
3.	U-396	6 Aug 1944	Trondheim	16 Aug 1944	Trondheim	Patrol 3,	11 days
4.	U-396	21 Oct 1944	Trondheim	19 Dec 1944	Trondheim	Patrol 4,	60 days
4 patrols, 91 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.