Rudolf Büchler

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	14 Oct 1915		Breslau
Died	9 Dec 1944	(29)	Barents Sea

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

8 Aug 1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class
Aug 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939
1943		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-387	24 Nov 1942	9 Dec 1944 (+)	10 patrols (253 days)

Patrol info for Rudolf Büchler

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-387	22 Jun 1943	Kiel	24 Jun 1943	Marviken		3 days
2.	U-387	27 Jun 1943	Marviken	30 Jun 1943	Bergen		4 days
3.	U-387	3 Jul 1943	Bergen	21 Aug 1943	Narvik	Patrol 1,	50 days
4.	U-387	18 Sep 1943	Narvik	4 Oct 1943	Narvik	Patrol 2,	17 days
5.	U-387	4 Oct 1943	Narvik	6 Oct 1943	Narvik	Patrol 2,	3 days
6.	U-387	22 Oct 1943	Narvik	6 Dec 1943	Hammerfest	Patrol 3,	46 days
7.	U-387	7 Dec 1943	Hammerfest	5 Jan 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	30 days
8.	U-387	7 Jan 1944	Narvik	9 Jan 1944	Trondheim		3 days
9.	U-387	12 Jan 1944	Trondheim	16 Jan 1944	Bergen		5 days
10.	U-387	13 Apr 1944	Bergen	18 Apr 1944	Narvik		6 days
11.	U-387	20 Apr 1944	Narvik	5 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 4,	16 days
12.	U-387	20 May 1944	Narvik	8 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 5,	20 days
13.	U-387	23 Jun 1944	Skjomenfjord	24 Jun 1944	Narvik	Patrol 6,	2 days
14.	U-387	11 Jul 1944	Narvik	21 Jul 1944	Narvik	Patrol 7,	11 days
15.	U-387	25 Jul 1944	Narvik	27 Jul 1944	Trondheim		3 days
16.	U-387	28 Sep 1944	Trondheim	3 Oct 1944	Narvik	Patrol 8,	6 days
17.	U-387	9 Oct 1944	Narvik	10 Nov 1944	Narvik	Patrol 9,	33 days
18.	U-387	21 Nov 1944	Narvik	9 Dec 1944	Sunk	Patrol 10,	19 days
10 patrols, 253 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.