Willi Dietrich
Oberleutnant zur See (entry, Jahrgang 28)
| Successes 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.150 tons |
| Born | 20 Dec, 1909 | Marburg |
| Died | 29 Apr, 1945 | Barents Sea |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-286 | 10 Jun, 1944 | Kiel | 13 Jun, 1944 | Flekkefjord | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-286 | 5 Jul, 1944 | Flekkefjord | 18 Jul, 1944 | Kristiansand | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 3. | U-286 | 25 Jul, 1944 | Kristiansand | 26 Jul, 1944 | Bergen | 2 days | |
| 4. | U-286 | 7 Aug, 1944 | Bergen | 10 Aug, 1944 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 5. | U-286 | 14 Aug, 1944 | Horten | 16 Aug, 1944 | Bergen | 3 days | |
| 6. | U-286 | 11 Nov, 1944 | Bergen | 13 Nov, 1944 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 7. | U-286 | 18 Nov, 1944 | Trondheim | 7 Jan, 1945 | Harstad | Patrol, | 51 days |
| 8. | U-286 | 14 Jan, 1945 | Harstad | 24 Feb, 1945 | Harstad | Patrol, | 42 days |
| 9. | U-286 | 18 Apr, 1945 | Harstad | 29 Apr, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 4 patrols, 119 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Willi Dietrich
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 29 Apr, 1945 | U-286 | HMS Goodall (K 479) | 1.150 |  | br | RA-66 | |
| 1.150 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.