Wolfgang Poeschel

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	25 Mar 1920		Berlin
Died	4 Oct 1943	(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-737	30 Jan 1943	4 Feb 1943	No war patrols
U-422	10 Feb 1943	4 Oct 1943 (+)	1 patrol (27 days)

Patrol info for Wolfgang Poeschel

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-422	13 Aug 1943	Kiel	16 Aug 1943	Bergen		4 days
2.	U-422	8 Sep 1943	Bergen	4 Oct 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	27 days

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.