Kurt Hilbig

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	18 May 1919		Rüstringen
Died	21 Aug 1951	(32)

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Fleet War Badge
		U-boat War Badge 1939
		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-993	19 Aug 1943	Aug, 1944	2 patrols (40 days)
U-3526	22 Mar 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Kurt Hilbig

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-993	9 Mar 1944	Kiel	11 Mar 1944	Marviken		3 days
2.	U-993	23 Mar 1944	Marviken	22 Apr 1944	Lorient	Patrol 1,	31 days
3.	U-993	6 Jun 1944	Lorient	14 Jun 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	9 days
2 patrols, 40 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.