Günter Eppen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	27 Aug 1912		Winsen, Lühe
Died	31 Jan 1943	(30)	North Atlantic

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Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-519	7 May 1942	31 Jan 1943 (+)	2 patrols (76 days)

Patrol info for Günter Eppen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-519	17 Oct 1942	Kiel	29 Dec 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	74 days
2.	U-519	30 Jan 1943	Lorient	31 Jan 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	2 days
2 patrols, 76 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.