| Born | 5 Dec 1921 | Elbing | |
| Died | 14 Jun 1945 | (23) | Flensburg |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-720 | 1 Apr 1944 | 22 Nov 1944 | No war patrols |
Personal information
Walter Boldt joined the Kriegsmarine in 1939. From Aug 1942 to Jan 1944 he served as the First Watch Officer (1WO). During Jan to March 1944 he went through U-boat commander training at the 3 ULD and 23rd flotilla.
On 1 April 1944 he took command of the U-720. He left the boat on 22 Nov and served with the 21 flotilla until Jan 1945. In Feb he became an instructor with the 1 ULD until March when he went through U-boat commander sea training with the new type XXI Elektro boat U-3033 from 8 March to 4 May 1945 when the boat was scuttled.
He suffered an accidental death at Flensburg, Germany.
Sources
Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Ships hit by Walter Boldt
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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.