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Helmut Bach

Kapitänleutnant (R) (entry, Jahrgang IX/39)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  5 Dec, 1906Helfta, Mansfelder Seekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt

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Ranks

1 Apr, 1945Kapitänleutnant (R)

Decorations

1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
1941Merchant Raider Badge
1941Minesweeper War Badge
1943Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-6813 Feb, 1944 - 2 Aug, 1944  No war patrols 

Personal information

Helmut Bach served on the highly successful merchant raider Pinguin (Schiff 33) from Feb, 1940 to May 1941. From June 1941 to March 1943 he was a Commander in VP 16th Flotilla (Vorpestenboote), after which he joined the U-boat force and began his training there.



Aces of the Reich
Williamson, Gordon

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Aces of the Reich, Williamson, Gordon, 1989
Alarm ! Tauchen !, Fürbringer, Werner, 1933
The Secret War, Johnson, Brian, 1978
Von Kolberg über La Rochelle nach Berlin, Marbach, Karl-Heinz, 1994


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