Erich Müller-Bethke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	23 Jul 1917		Wesermünde, Lehe
Died	17 Feb 1945	(27)	North Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Kadett der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 May 1940		Leutnant der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1278	31 May 1944	17 Feb 1945 (+)	1 patrol (7 days)

Müller-Bethke began his career in the weapons branch before transferring to being a line officer.

Patrol info for Erich Müller-Bethke

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1278	31 Jan 1945	Kiel	2 Feb 1945	Horten		3 days
2.	U-1278	11 Feb 1945	Horten	17 Feb 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	7 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.