Date of birth:

January 11th, 1914 (Greifswald/Pommerania, Germany)

Date of death:

January 2nd, 1986 (Hamburg/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Günther Heydemann served as I. Wachoffizier "U 69", and was Kommandant "U-575" from June 19th, 1941 until July 29th, 1943. During 8 operational sails (395 days at sea), he sunk 8 ships with a total tonnage of 36.010BRT and damaged a ship of 12.910BRT. After this he served as Trainingsoffizier 25. Unterseebootsflottille.

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