Leopold Koch

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	15 Sep 1918		Sohlbach, Siegerland
Died	20 Apr 1945	(26)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-382	1 Apr 1943	14 Nov 1943	2 patrols (98 days)

Leopold Koch died in a land-mine explosion on 20 April 1945 (Busch & Röll, 1999).

Patrol info for Leopold Koch

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-258	10 Jan 1943	La Pallice	4 Mar 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	54 days
2.	U-382	8 Apr 1943	Lorient	24 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	17 days
3.	U-382	19 Jun 1943	St. Nazaire	7 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	81 days
3 patrols, 152 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.