Wolfgang Hegewald
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 5 Jul 1917 | | Chemnitz |
| Died | 5 Aug 1944 | (27) | English Channel |
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| 3 Apr 1937 | Offiziersanwärter | | 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 Aug 1944 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-671 | 7 May 1943 | 5 Aug 1944 (+) | 2 patrols (50 days) |
Patrol info for Wolfgang Hegewald
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
| 1. |
U-671 |
13 May 1944 | Kiel |
15 May 1944 | Marviken |
| 3 days | |
| 2. |
U-671 |
26 May 1944 | Marviken |
27 May 1944 | Bergen |
| 2 days | |
| 3. |
U-671 |
28 May 1944 | Bergen |
5 Jul 1944 | Boulogne |
Patrol 1, | 39 days | |
| 4. |
U-671 |
26 Jul 1944 | Boulogne |
5 Aug 1944 | Sunk |
Patrol 2, | 11 days | |
| 2 patrols, 50 days at sea | |
Ships hit by Wolfgang Hegewald
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.
