Ernst-August Racky

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	1 Sep 1919		Schierstein, Wiesbaden
Died	1 Sep 1982	(63)

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-52	1 Apr 1943	22 Oct 1943	No war patrols
U-429	27 Oct 1943	15 Oct 1944	No war patrols
U-3019	23 Dec 1944	2 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Ernst-August Racky

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.