Erwin Schwager

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	9 Jan 1917		Santiago de Chile
Died	1 Dec 1964	(47)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-143	15 Dec 1942	8 Feb 1943	No war patrols

Patrol info for Erwin Schwager

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.