Fritz Henning

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	10 Apr 1917		Schmira, Erfurt
Died	5 Dec 2005	(88)

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1944		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
22 Sep 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-561	19 Jun 1943	12 Jul 1943	1 patrol (3 days)
U-565	8 Oct 1943	24 Sep 1944	6 patrols (120 days)
U-668	Apr, 1945	9 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Fritz Henning

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-561	10 Jul 1943	Toulon	12 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	3 days
2.	U-565	23 Oct 1943	Toulon	4 Nov 1943	Salamis	Patrol 2,	13 days
3.	U-565	6 Nov 1943	Salamis	23 Nov 1943	Salamis	Patrol 3,	18 days
4.	U-565	12 Dec 1943	Salamis	27 Dec 1943	Salamis	Patrol 4,	16 days
5.	U-565	15 Feb 1944	Salamis	7 Mar 1944	Salamis	Patrol 5,	22 days
6.	U-565	1 Apr 1944	Salamis	2 May 1944	Salamis	Patrol 6,	32 days
7.	U-565	26 Aug 1944	Salamis	13 Sep 1944	Salamis	Patrol 7,	19 days
7 patrols, 123 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.