Klaus-Dietrich König

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	14 Nov 1915		Kiel
Died	15 Dec 1943	(28)

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
UD-5	16 Dec 1942	9 Jan 1943	No war patrols (Acting CO)
U-972	8 Apr 1943	15 Dec 1943 (+)	1 patrol (16 days)

Patrol info for Klaus-Dietrich König

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	UD-5	21 Dec 1942	Lorient	3 Jan 1943	Bergen		14 days
2.	UD-5	4 Jan 1943	Bergen	9 Jan 1943	Kiel		6 days
3.	U-972	30 Nov 1943	Kiel	15 Dec 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	16 days

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.