Günter Lüders

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	18 Jul 1920		Kiel
Died	11 Feb 1944	(23)	North Atlantic

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 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-424	7 Apr 1943	11 Feb 1944 (+)	2 patrols (69 days)

Patrol info for Günter Lüders

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-424	2 Oct 1943	Kiel	10 Oct 1943	Trondheim		9 days
2.	U-424	22 Oct 1943	Trondheim	15 Dec 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	55 days
3.	U-424	29 Jan 1944	Brest	11 Feb 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	14 days
2 patrols, 69 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.