The Men - The Commander listing

Helmut Münster

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  14 Sep 1916 Magdeburg
Died  5 Mar 1982(65)Kirchdorf - Brigachtal

Ranks

9 Oct 1937Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938Seekadett
1 Apr 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

5 Nov 1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
31 Dec 1940Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Sep 1941Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Bronze
27 Jan 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
20 Apr 1944War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-101 15 Sep 1942 21 Oct 1943   No war patrols 
U-428 26 Oct 1943 1 May 1944   No war patrols 
U-3501 29 Jul 1944 4 Oct 1944   No war patrols 
U-3517 22 Dec 1944 2 May 1945   No war patrols 

Ships hit by Helmut Münster

No entries found.


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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