Günther Heinrich
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 9.656 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 611 GRT |
| Born | 20 Jan, 1920 | Schildau, Torgau |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-960 | 3 Aug, 1943 | Kiel | 6 Aug, 1943 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-960 | 12 Aug, 1943 | Bergen | 15 Aug, 1943 | Narvik | 4 days | |
| 3. | U-960 | 18 Aug, 1943 | Narvik | 1 Sep, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 4. | U-960 | 14 Sep, 1943 | Narvik | 10 Oct, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 5. | U-960 | 14 Oct, 1943 | Narvik | 16 Oct, 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 6. | U-960 | 4 Dec, 1943 | Trondheim | 3 Feb, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 62 days |
| 7. | U-960 | 16 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | 18 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | 3 days | |
| 8. | U-960 | 19 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | 27 Mar, 1944 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 9. | U-960 | 27 Apr, 1944 | La Pallice | 19 May, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 5 patrols, 136 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Günther Heinrich
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 30 Sep, 1943 | U-960 | Arkhangel´sk | 2.480 |  | sj | VA-18 | |
| 1 Oct, 1943 | U-960 | T-896 (No 42) | 611 | | sj | VA-18 | |
| 16 Jan, 1944 | U-960 | Sumner I. Kimball | 7.176 |  | am | ON-219 | |
| 10.267 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Books dealing with this subject include: Blood on the Sea, Parkin, Robert Sinclair, 1996  Feindfahrten, Hirschfeld, Wolfgang, 1991 Die Männer von U 96, Wiebicke, Karl, 1934 U-Boat Far from Home, Stevens, David, 1997 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.