Wolfgang Leimkühler
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 5.273 GRT 4 ships damaged for a total of 24.672 GRT |
| Born | 10 Aug, 1918 | Wesermünde |
| Died | 15 Feb, 1943 | Central North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-4 | 9 Dec, 1941 | - | 15 Jun, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-225 | 11 Jul, 1942 | - | 15 Feb, 1943 (+) | 2 patrols (49 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-225 | 5 Dec, 1942 | Kiel | 8 Jan, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 35 days |
| 2. | U-225 | 2 Feb, 1943 | Brest | 15 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 2 patrols, 49 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Wolfgang Leimkühler
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Dec, 1942 | U-225 | Scottish Heather | 7.087 |  | br | ONS-154 | damaged |
| 28 Dec, 1942 | U-225 | Empire Shackleton | 7.068 | | br | ONS-154 | damaged |
| 28 Dec, 1942 | U-225 | Melmore Head | 5.273 | | br | ONS-154 | |
| 28 Dec, 1942 | U-225 | President Francqui | 4.919 |  | be | ONS-154 | damaged |
| 28 Dec, 1942 | U-225 | Ville de Rouen | 5.598 | | br | ONS-154 | damaged |
| 29.945 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.