Heinrich Besold

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

18 Oct 1920

Nürnberg

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

29 Oct 1944		Iron Cross 2nd Class
29 Oct 1944		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1308	17 Jan 1945	1 May 1945	No war patrols

Besold began his career in the weapons branch before transferring to being a line officer.

Patrol info for Heinrich Besold

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.