Erich Jewinski

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	10 Mar 1920		Friedrichsort, Kiel
Died	21 Apr 1945	(25)	Kiel

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-46	1 May 1943	Oct, 1943	No war patrols
U-747	5 Oct 1943	May, 1944	No war patrols
U-1192	Jul, 1944	21 Dec 1944	No war patrols
U-2539	21 Feb 1945	21 Apr 1945 (+)	No war patrols

Oblt. Erich Jewinski was killed during an air raid on Kiel on 21 April 1945 (Busch & Röll, 1999).

Patrol info for Erich Jewinski

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.