Wolfgang Hegewald

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  5 Jul 1917 Chemnitz
Died  4 Aug 1944(27)English Channel


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 Aug 1944 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-671 7 May 1943 4 Aug 1944  (+)  2 patrols (49 days) 

Patrol info for Wolfgang Hegewald

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-671 13 May 1944  Kiel  15 May 1944  Marviken   3 days
2. U-671 26 May 1944  Marviken  27 May 1944  Bergen   2 days
3. U-671 28 May 1944  Bergen  5 Jul 1944  Boulogne  Patrol 1,39 days
4. U-671 26 Jul 1944  Boulogne  4 Aug 1944  Sunk  Patrol 2,10 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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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