Rudolf Rademacher

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	19 Feb 1919		Breslau
Died	30 Jun 1944	(25)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-478	8 Sep 1943	30 Jun 1944 (+)	1 patrol (6 days)

Patrol info for Rudolf Rademacher

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-478	20 Jun 1944	Kiel	22 Jun 1944	Kristiansand		3 days
2.	U-478	25 Jun 1944	Kristiansand	30 Jun 1944	Sunk	Patrol 1,	6 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.