William Holpert
Oberleutnant zur See
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| Born | 11 Jun 1914 | London, England | |
| Died | 14 Mar 1945 | (30) | The Minches |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-1021 | 25 May 1944 | 14 Mar 1945 (+) | 1 patrol (23 days) |
William Holpert, possibly someone elevated from the enlisted ranks to officer status during the war, did not belong to Crew 34 as is often claimed. He may have been belatedly attached to the Crew for mere administrative purposes by the Navy’s personnel office, but he did not share the common training experience of the Crew’s regular members (Rust, 2009).
Sources
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.
Patrol info for William Holpert
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-1021 | 4 Feb 1945 | Kiel | 8 Feb 1945 | Horten | 5 days | ||
| 2. | U-1021 | 10 Feb 1945 | Horten | 13 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 3. | U-1021 | 16 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 19 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 4. | U-1021 | 20 Feb 1945 | Bergen | 14 Mar 1945 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 23 days | |
Ships hit by William Holpert
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