Herbert Loeder

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	3 Apr 1919		Hamburg
Died	16 Feb 1945	(25)	North Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-967	11 Mar 1943	Apr, 1944	2 patrols (87 days)
U-309	Aug, 1944	16 Feb 1945 (+)	4 patrols (66 days)

Patrol info for Herbert Loeder

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-967	5 Oct 1943	Kiel	9 Oct 1943	Bergen		5 days
2.	U-967	11 Oct 1943	Bergen	1 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	52 days
3.	U-967	20 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	23 Feb 1944	Toulon	Patrol 2,	35 days
4.	U-309	29 Aug 1944	La Pallice	13 Oct 1944	Stavanger	Patrol 3,	46 days
5.	U-309	15 Oct 1944	Stavanger	21 Oct 1944	Flensburg	Patrol 4,	7 days
6.	U-309	30 Jan 1945	Kiel	2 Feb 1945	Horten	Patrol 5,	4 days
7.	U-309	8 Feb 1945	Horten	16 Feb 1945	Sunk	Patrol 6,	9 days
6 patrols, 153 days at sea

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.