Heinz Wolff

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  13 Mar 1918 Elberfeld


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
1 Jul 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-974 9 Nov 1943 19 Apr 1944   1 patrol (2 days) 
U-985 20 Apr 1944 15 Nov 1944   2 patrols (65 days) 

Patrol info for Heinz Wolff

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-974 23 Mar 1944  Kiel  26 Mar 1944  Marviken   4 days
2. U-974 18 Apr 1944  Marviken  19 Apr 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,2 days
3. U-985 6 Jun 1944  St. Nazaire  15 Jun 1944  St. Nazaire  Patrol 2,10 days
4. U-985 30 Aug 1944  St. Nazaire  23 Oct 1944  Flekkefjord  Patrol 3,55 days
5. U-985 25 Oct 1944  Flekkefjord  26 Oct 1944  Kristiansand   2 days
3 patrols, 67 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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