Wolfgang Leimkühler
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 5,273 GRT 4 ships damaged for a total of 24,672 GRT |
| Born | 10 Aug 1918 | Wesermünde | |
| Died | 15 Feb 1943 | (24) | Central North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-4 | 9 Dec 1941 | 15 Jun 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-225 | 11 Jul 1942 | 15 Feb 1943 (+) | 2 patrols (49 days) |
Patrol info for Wolfgang Leimkühler
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-225 | 5 Dec 1942 | Kiel | 8 Jan 1943 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 35 days | |
| 2. | U-225 | 2 Feb 1943 | Brest | 15 Feb 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 14 days | |
| 2 patrols, 49 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Wolfgang Leimkühler
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 27 Dec 1942 | U-225 |  | Scottish Heather (d.) | 7,087 |  | br | ONS-154 |
| 28 Dec 1942 | U-225 | | Empire Shackleton (d.) | 7,068 | | br | ONS-154 |
| 28 Dec 1942 | U-225 | | Melmore Head | 5,273 | | br | ONS-154 |
| 28 Dec 1942 | U-225 | | President Francqui (d.) | 4,919 |  | be | ONS-154 |
| 28 Dec 1942 | U-225 | Ville de Rouen (d.) | 5,598 | | br | ONS-154 | |
| 29,945 | |||||||
1 ship sunk (5,273 tons) and 4 ships damaged (24,672 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.