Helmut Münster

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	14 Sep 1916		Magdeburg
Died	5 Mar 1982	(65)	Kirchdorf - Brigachtal, Germany

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
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
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

5 Nov 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
31 Dec 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Sep 1941		Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Bronze
27 Jan 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939
20 Apr 1944		War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-101	15 Sep 1942	22 Oct 1943	No war patrols
U-428	26 Oct 1943	1 May 1944	No war patrols
U-3501	29 Jul 1944	4 Oct 1944	No war patrols
U-3517	22 Dec 1944	2 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Helmut Münster

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.