Heinrich Schmid

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 10,924 GRT

Born	22 May 1915		Bad Reichenhall
Died	8 May 1943	(27)	Bay of Biscay

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-7	17 Jun 1941	15 Jan 1942	No war patrols
U-663	14 May 1942	8 May 1943 (+)	3 patrols (90 days)

Patrol info for Heinrich Schmid

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-663	8 Oct 1942	Kiel	13 Oct 1942	Bergen		6 days
2.	U-663	5 Nov 1942	Bergen	31 Dec 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	57 days
3.	U-663	4 Mar 1943	Brest	6 Mar 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	3 days
4.	U-663	10 Mar 1943	Brest	4 Apr 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	26 days
5.	U-663	5 May 1943	Brest	8 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	4 days
3 patrols, 90 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinrich Schmid

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
26 Nov 1942	U-663	Barberrys	5,170	br	SC-110

18 Mar 1943	U-663	Clarissa Radcliffe	5,754	br	SC-122
			10,924
2 ships sunk (10,924 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.