Horst Geider

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	7 Sep 1918		Stuttgart
Died	23 Mar 1993	(74)

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-61	16 Jan 1942	9 Nov 1942	No war patrols
U-761	3 Dec 1942	24 Feb 1944	2 patrols (57 days)

Patrol info for Horst Geider

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-761	9 Sep 1943	Kiel	18 Sep 1943	Trondheim		10 days
2.	U-761	17 Nov 1943	Trondheim	26 Dec 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	40 days
3.	U-761	8 Feb 1944	Brest	24 Feb 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	17 days
2 patrols, 57 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.