Volkmar Schwartzkopff

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	25 Apr 1914		Halle, Saale
Died	30 Oct 1942	(28)	Newfoundland

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 Feb 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-520	19 May 1942	30 Oct 1942 (+)	1 patrol (28 days)

Patrol info for Volkmar Schwartzkopff

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-520	3 Oct 1942	Kiel	30 Oct 1942	Sunk	Patrol 1,	28 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.