Walter-Ernst Koch

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  30 Sep 1919


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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 Jun 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-712 15 Dec 1943 2 Jul 1944   No war patrols 
U-975 17 Jul 1944 23 Apr 1945   No war patrols 
U-3530 24 Apr 1945 3 May 1945   No war patrols 

Patrol info for Walter-Ernst Koch

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.

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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