Wolfgang Sporn

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	12 Sep 1912
Died	11 Jul 1968	(55)	Gran Canaria, Spain

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 Mar 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Minesweeper War Badge
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-439	20 Dec 1941	17 Feb 1943	2 patrols (49 days)

Wolfgang Sporn was a former merchant marine officer (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Wolfgang Sporn

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-439	12 Nov 1942	Kiel	24 Dec 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	43 days
2.	U-439	28 Jan 1943	Brest	2 Feb 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	6 days
2 patrols, 49 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.