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Hans-Hermann Pelkner

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  16 Apr 1909 Ober-Kauffung near Kassel
Died  3 Aug 1942(33)North Atlantic


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Ranks

8 Apr 1934Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-335 17 Dec 1941 3 Aug 1942  (+)  1 patrol (5 days) 

Hans-Hermann Pelkner was a former merchant marine officer (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Hans-Hermann Pelkner


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-335 30 Jul 1942  Kiel  3 Aug 1942  Sunk  Patrol 1,5 days

Ships hit by Hans-Hermann Pelkner

No entries found.


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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