Willy-Roderich Körner

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	26 Dec 1914		Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Died	21 Jan 1943	(28)	Mediterranean

Ranks

5 Apr 1935		Offiziersanwärter
25 Sep 1935		Seekadett
1 Jul 1936		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-120	20 May 1941	24 Feb 1942	No war patrols
U-301	9 May 1942	21 Jan 1943 (+)	3 patrols (52 days)

Patrol info for Willy-Roderich Körner

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-301	1 Oct 1942	Kiel	7 Nov 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	38 days
2.	U-301	3 Dec 1942	Brest	14 Dec 1942	La Spezia	Patrol 2,	12 days
3.	U-301	20 Jan 1943	La Spezia	21 Jan 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	2 days
3 patrols, 52 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.