Hellmuth-Bert Richard

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  2 Mar 1917 Hildesheim
Died  21 Sep 1942(25)Bay of Danzig


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-446 20 Jun 1942 21 Sep 1942  (+)  No war patrols 

Crew of 1936

Helmuth-bert Richard was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.

Patrol info for Hellmuth-Bert Richard

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


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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