Alexander von Zitzewitz

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 18,650 GRT

Born	23 Mar 1916		Kassel
Died	2 Aug 1943	(27)	north-west of Cape Ortegal

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 Oct 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 Aug 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-706	16 Mar 1942	2 Aug 1943 (+)	5 patrols (185 days)

Patrol info for Alexander von Zitzewitz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-706	22 Sep 1942	Kiel	7 Nov 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 1,	47 days
2.	U-706	8 Dec 1942	La Pallice	13 Feb 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	68 days
3.	U-706	15 Mar 1943	La Pallice	11 May 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	58 days
4.	U-706	4 Jul 1943	La Pallice	8 Jul 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 4,	5 days
5.	U-706	26 Jul 1943	La Pallice	27 Jul 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 5,	2 days
6.	U-706	29 Jul 1943	La Pallice	2 Aug 1943	Sunk	Patrol 5,	5 days
5 patrols, 185 days at sea

Ships hit by Alexander von Zitzewitz

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
12 Oct 1942	U-706	Stornest	4,265	br	ONS-136

5 Apr 1943	U-706	British Ardour	7,124	br	HX-231
12 Apr 1943	U-706	Fresno City	7,261	br	HX-232
			18,650
3 ships sunk (18,650 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.