Gert Hetschko

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	6 Aug 1913		Wilhelmshaven
Died	12 May 1943	(29)	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 Oct 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-453	26 Jun 1941	8 Jul 1941	No war patrols
U-121	9 Jul 1941	25 Mar 1942	No war patrols

Patrol info for Gert Hetschko

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.