Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	4 Oct 1919		The Hague, Holland
Died	27 Apr 1945	(25)	Berlin-Spandau, Germany

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
U-1004	16 Dec 1943	Jan, 1945	1 patrol (56 days)

Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig was demoted to the ranks and died fighting as an ordinary seaman in a Kriegsmarine infantry unit on 27 April 1945 (Busch & Röll, 1999). He died in an air raid at Berlin-Spandau.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1004	22 Aug 1944	Kiel	24 Aug 1944	Horten		3 days
2.	U-1004	26 Aug 1944	Horten	27 Aug 1944	Marviken		2 days
3.	U-1004	29 Aug 1944	Marviken	23 Oct 1944	Bergen	Patrol 1,	56 days
4.	U-1004	26 Oct 1944	Bergen	27 Oct 1944	Stavanger		2 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.