Günther Müller-Stöckheim

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
13 ships sunk, total tonnage 72,138 GRT
5 ships damaged, total tonnage 29,726 GRT

Born	17 Dec 1913		Klein Stöckheim, Braunschweig
Died	16 Jul 1943	(29)	Middle Atlantic

Günter Müller Stöckheim

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
26 Sep 1934		Seekadett
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 Jul 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

1 Mar 1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 May 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
1 Sep 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
27 Nov 1942		Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-67	3 Jul 1941	16 Jul 1943 (+)	7 patrols (423 days)

Günther Müller-Stöckheim joined the Navy in April 1934. He served on the battleship Schlesien and as a training officer at the Marineschule Mürwik (naval academy) between 1938-40. In April 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force and, like some other U-boat officers who were later famous, in 1941 he served as a Watch Officer on U-123 (two patrols).

In July 1941 he took command of the type IXC U-boat U-67, going on eight patrols in the North Atlantic and Caribbean.

KrvtKpt. Müller-Stöckheim died when U-67 was sunk in the Sargasso Sea on 16 July 1943 by bombs from an Avenger aircraft from the US escort carrier USS Core. Only three of her crew of 51 survived (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Günther Müller-Stöckheim

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-67	19 Aug 1941	Bergen	29 Aug 1941	Lorient		11 days
2.	U-67	14 Sep 1941	Lorient	16 Oct 1941	Lorient	Patrol 1,	33 days
3.	U-67	26 Nov 1941	Lorient	26 Dec 1941	Lorient	Patrol 2,	31 days
4.	U-67	19 Jan 1942	Lorient	30 Mar 1942	Lorient	Patrol 3,	71 days
5.	U-67	20 May 1942	Lorient	8 Aug 1942	Lorient	Patrol 4,	81 days
6.	U-67	16 Sep 1942	Lorient	21 Dec 1942	Lorient	Patrol 5,	97 days
7.	U-67	3 Mar 1943	Lorient	13 Apr 1943	Lorient	Patrol 6,	42 days
8.	U-67	10 May 1943	Lorient	16 Jul 1943	Sunk	Patrol 7,	68 days
7 patrols, 423 days at sea

Ships hit by Günther Müller-Stöckheim

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
24 Sep 1941	U-67	St. Clair II	3,753	br	SL-87

16 Feb 1942	U-67	Rafaela (d.)	3,177	nl
21 Feb 1942	U-67	Kongsgaard	9,467	nw
14 Mar 1942	U-67	Penelope	8,436	pa
16 Jun 1942	U-67	Managua	2,220	ni
20 Jun 1942	U-67	Nortind (d.)	8,221	nw
23 Jun 1942	U-67	Rawleigh Warner	3,664	am
29 Jun 1942	U-67	Empire Mica	8,032	br
6 Jul 1942	U-67	Bayard	2,160	nw
7 Jul 1942	U-67	Paul H. Harwood (d.)	6,610	am
10 Jul 1942	U-67	Benjamin Brewster	5,950	am
13 Jul 1942	U-67	R.W. Gallagher	7,989	am
25 Oct 1942	U-67	Primero	4,414	nw
8 Nov 1942	U-67	Capo Olmo (d.)	4,712	br
9 Nov 1942	U-67	Nidarland	6,132	nw
15 Nov 1942	U-67	King Arthur	5,224	br
18 Nov 1942	U-67	Tortugas	4,697	nw
28 Nov 1942	U-67	Empire Glade (d.)	7,006	br
			101,864
13 ships sunk (72,138 tons) and 5 ships damaged (29,726 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.