| Born | 23 Jul 1915 | Schwarzenbrunn, Thüringen | |
| Died | 3 May 1945 | (29) | Germany |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-61 | 2 Dec 1944 | Mar, 1945 | No war patrols |
Personal information
Werner Zapf entered the Kriegsmarine in 1936. He went through U-boat training from Aug 1942 to Sept 1943. Zapf then served as a Watch Officer with the 11th flotilla until Feb 1944.
Zapf was a Watch Officer on the U-965 from Feb to Aug 1944 when he began his U-boat commander training at the 24th flotilla. He graduated and took command of the small school boat U-61 on 2 Dec 1944.
From March 1945 Werner Zapf served in the 3. ULD and a Naval Anti-tank brigade. He fell in land-defense of Germany on 3 May 1945.
Sources
Busch, R & Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Ships hit by Werner Zapf
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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.