Otto Hansen

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	23 Apr 1918		Kiel
Died	25 Feb 1944	(25)	Norwegian Sea

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 Mar 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-269	Jun, 1943	4 Sep 1943	1 patrol (45 days)
U-601	29 Nov 1943	25 Feb 1944 (+)	3 patrols (54 days)

Patrol info for Otto Hansen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-269	6 Jul 1943	Bergen	14 Jul 1943	Hammerfest		9 days
2.	U-269	22 Jul 1943	Hammerfest	4 Sep 1943	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 1,	45 days
3.	U-601	10 Dec 1943	Bergen	12 Dec 1943	Trondheim		3 days
4.	U-601	18 Dec 1943	Trondheim	7 Jan 1944	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 2,	21 days
5.	U-601	10 Jan 1944	Skjomenfjord	2 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	Patrol 3,	24 days
6.	U-601	4 Feb 1944	Hammerfest	5 Feb 1944	Narvik		2 days
7.	U-601	17 Feb 1944	Narvik	25 Feb 1944	Sunk	Patrol 4,	9 days
4 patrols, 99 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.