Heinrich Pahls

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	13 Dec 1919		Langenfeld, Rhine-Wupper
Died	14 Aug 2002	(82)	Portland, Oregon, USA

Ranks

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
UIT-24	6 Dec 1943	8 May 1945	2 patrols (91 days)

Patrol info for Heinrich Pahls

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	UIT-24	2 Feb 1944	Singapur	3 Feb 1944	Penang		2 days
2.	UIT-24	8 Feb 1944	Penang	3 Apr 1944	Penang	Patrol 1,	56 days
3.	UIT-24	5 Apr 1944	Penang	6 Apr 1944	Singapur		2 days
4.	UIT-24	25 May 1944	Singapur	6 Jun 1944	Kobe		13 days
5.	UIT-24	5 Sep 1944	Kobe	20 Sep 1944	Singapur		16 days
6.	UIT-24	28 Sep 1944	Singapur	28 Sep 1944	Penang		1 days
7.	UIT-24	10 Oct 1944	Penang	12 Oct 1944	Singapur		3 days
8.	UIT-24	15 Jan 1945	Singapur	18 Feb 1945	Kobe	Patrol 2,	35 days
2 patrols, 91 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.