Hellmut Kurrer

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	16 Feb 1916		Eisleben
Died	23 Apr 1943	(27)	Cape Farewell

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 Jun 1942		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-189	15 Aug 1942	23 Apr 1943 (+)	1 patrol (21 days)

Patrol info for Hellmut Kurrer

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-189	3 Apr 1943	Kiel	23 Apr 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	21 days

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.