Günter Lüders

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  18 Jul 1920 Kiel
Died  11 Feb 1944(23)North Atlantic


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-424 7 Apr 1943 11 Feb 1944  (+)  2 patrols (69 days) 

Patrol info for Günter Lüders

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-424 2 Oct 1943  Kiel  10 Oct 1943  Trondheim   9 days
2. U-424 22 Oct 1943  Trondheim  15 Dec 1943  Brest  Patrol 1,55 days
3. U-424 29 Jan 1944  Brest  11 Feb 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,14 days
2 patrols, 69 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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