Erwin Christophersen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  13 Apr 1915 Sonderburg
Died  4 May 1945(30)Lillebaelt, Denmark

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Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
27 Mar 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
1942Iron Cross 1st Class
11 Jul 1944German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-228 12 Sep 1942 Aug, 1944   5 patrols (233 days) 
U-3028 27 Jan 1945 3 May 1945   No war patrols 

Personal information

He died aboard the U-2503.

Patrol info for Erwin Christophersen


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-228 6 Feb 1943  Kiel  29 Mar 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,52 days
2. U-228 4 May 1943  St. Nazaire  19 Jul 1943  Lorient  Patrol 2,77 days
3. U-228 18 Sep 1943  Lorient  19 Sep 1943  Brest   2 days
4. U-228 27 Sep 1943  Brest  20 Dec 1943  Bordeaux  Patrol 3,85 days
5. U-228 24 Feb 1944  Bordeaux  26 Feb 1944  La Pallice   3 days
6. U-228 4 Mar 1944  La Pallice  7 Mar 1944  La Pallice   4 days
7. U-228 11 Mar 1944  La Pallice  13 Mar 1944  La Pallice   3 days
8. U-228 19 Mar 1944  La Pallice  26 Mar 1944  St. Nazaire  Patrol 4,8 days
9. U-228 6 Jun 1944  St. Nazaire  16 Jun 1944  St. Nazaire  Patrol 5,11 days
5 patrols, 233 days at sea

Ships hit by Erwin Christophersen

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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.

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