Helmut Herglotz

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	15 Mar 1918		Berndorf, Wiener Neustadt
Died	2 Feb 1983	(64)

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939
		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-2	20 Nov 1942	12 Dec 1943	No war patrols
U-290	27 Dec 1943	Apr, 1945	3 patrols (105 days)
U-1303	Apr, 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Helmut Herglotz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-290	18 May 1944	Kiel	20 May 1944	Egersund		3 days
2.	U-290	1 Jun 1944	Egersund	16 Jun 1944	Bergen	Patrol 1,	16 days
3.	U-290	15 Jul 1944	Bergen	17 Jul 1944	Kristiansand		3 days
4.	U-290	12 Aug 1944	Kristiansand	13 Aug 1944	Kiel		2 days
5.	U-290	15 Aug 1944	Kiel	17 Aug 1944	Gotenhafen		3 days
6.	U-290	7 Sep 1944	Gotenhafen	5 Nov 1944	Danzig	Patrol 2,	60 days
7.	U-290	30 Dec 1944	Danzig	31 Dec 1944	Libau		2 days
8.	U-290	1 Jan 1945	Libau	29 Jan 1945	Kiel	Patrol 3,	29 days
3 patrols, 105 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.