Hans-Hermann Pelkner

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	16 Apr 1909		Ober-Kauffung near Kassel
Died	3 Aug 1942	(33)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-335	17 Dec 1941	3 Aug 1942 (+)	1 patrol (5 days)

Hans-Hermann Pelkner was a former Merchant Navy officer (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Hans-Hermann Pelkner

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-335	30 Jul 1942	Kiel	3 Aug 1942	Sunk	Patrol 1,	5 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.