Helmut Wieduwilt

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  28 Nov 1919 Gera
Died  24 Mar 1995(75)


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939 Seekadett
1 Dec 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941 Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-718 25 Jun 1943 18 Nov 1943   No war patrols 
U-262 25 Jan 1944 24 Nov 1944   3 patrols (172 days) 

Patrol info for Helmut Wieduwilt

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-262 3 Feb 1944  La Pallice  29 Apr 1944  La Pallice  Patrol 1,87 days
2. U-262 6 Jun 1944  La Pallice  15 Jun 1944  La Pallice  Patrol 2,10 days
3. U-262 23 Aug 1944  La Pallice  5 Nov 1944  Flensburg  Patrol 3,75 days
3 patrols, 172 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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