Karl-Heinz Sammler

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	15 Jan 1919		Altona
Died	24 May 1944	(25)	Kattegat

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-59	16 Jul 1942	10 Jun 1943	No war patrols
U-675	14 Jul 1943	24 May 1944 (+)	1 patrol (7 days)

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Sammler

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-675	4 May 1944	Kiel	6 May 1944	Kristiansand		3 days
2.	U-675	18 May 1944	Kristiansand	24 May 1944	Sunk	Patrol 1,	7 days

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.