Alexander Hellwig

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	5 Mar 1916		Kirchberg, Saxony
Died	31 May 1944	(28)	Barents Sea

From group photo at Memel in 1943.

Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		Luftwaffe Observer Badge

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-289	10 Jul 1943	31 May 1944 (+)	2 patrols (38 days)

Patrol info for Alexander Hellwig

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-289	1 Apr 1944	Kiel	6 Apr 1944	Bergen		6 days
2.	U-289	19 Apr 1944	Bergen	6 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	18 days
3.	U-289	12 May 1944	Narvik	31 May 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	20 days
2 patrols, 38 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.