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Klaus-Dietrich König

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  14 Nov 1915 Kiel
Died  1 Jan 1944(28)


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Ranks

9 Oct 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
UD-5 16 Dec 1942 9 Jan 1943   No war patrols (Acting CO)
U-972 8 Apr 1943 1 Jan 1944  (+)  1 patrol (33 days) 

Patrol info for Klaus-Dietrich König


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. UD-5 21 Dec 1942  Lorient  3 Jan 1943  Bergen   14 days
2. UD-5 4 Jan 1943  Bergen  9 Jan 1943  Kiel   6 days
3. U-972 30 Nov 1943  Kiel  1 Jan 1944    Patrol 1,33 days

Ships hit by Klaus-Dietrich König

No entries found.


Books dealing with this subject include

Die Leichten Kreuzer Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, Nürnberg. Koop, Gerhard and Schmolke, Klaus-Peter, 1994. (transl.)


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.

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