Hugo Baldus

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	12 Apr 1921		Hohenbudberg, Rhine
Died	10 Jun 1981	(60)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1942		Fast Boat War Badge
Nov, 1944		Iron Cross 1st Class
19 Nov 1944		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-773	18 Apr 1944	9 May 1945	3 patrols (125 days)

Patrol info for Hugo Baldus

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-773	7 Oct 1944	Kiel	9 Oct 1944	Horten		3 days
2.	U-773	13 Oct 1944	Horten	14 Oct 1944	Marviken		2 days
3.	U-773	15 Oct 1944	Marviken	18 Nov 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	35 days
4.	U-773	7 Dec 1944	St. Nazaire	10 Jan 1945	Bergen	Patrol 2,	35 days
5.	U-773	14 Jan 1945	Bergen	23 Jan 1945	Bogenbucht		10 days
6.	U-773	19 Feb 1945	Bogenbucht	14 Apr 1945	Trondheim	Patrol 3,	55 days
3 patrols, 125 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.