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Manfred Kinzel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)


Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 21,927 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,134 GRT

Born  27 Mar 1915 Waldheim
Died  20 Sep 1943(28)south-west of Iceland

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Manfred Kinzel
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Ranks

5 Apr 1935Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1936Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-338 25 Jun 1942 20 Sep 1943  (+)  3 patrols (64 days) 

Patrol info for Manfred Kinzel


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-338 23 Feb 1943  Kiel  24 Mar 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,30 days
2. U-338 15 Jun 1943  St. Nazaire  21 Jun 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 2,7 days
3. U-338 25 Aug 1943  St. Nazaire  20 Sep 1943  Sunk  Patrol 3,27 days
3 patrols, 64 days at sea

Ships hit by Manfred Kinzel

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
17 Mar 1943U-338 Alderamin7,886nlSC-122
17 Mar 1943U-338 Fort Cedar Lake (d.)7,134brSC-122
17 Mar 1943U-338 Granville4,071paSC-122
17 Mar 1943U-338 King Gruffydd5,072brSC-122
17 Mar 1943U-338 Kingsbury4,898brSC-122
 29,061

4 ships sunk (21,927 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,134 tons).

Legend
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(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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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