Date of birth:

August 9th, 1919 (Danzig/Pommerania, Germany)

Date of death:

April 30th, 1987 (Ahrensburg/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Helmut Dauter did not succeed in sinking any ship on four operational sails (213 days at sea).

Promotions:
April 1st, 1942: Oberleutnant zur See.

Crew 37b
Career:
00.12.1939-00.02.1940: 3.WO, "ILTIS"
00.02.1940-00.12.1940: appointed to the Luftwaffe
00.07.1940-00.05.1942: I. Wachoffizier "U 454": 5 patrols, 101 days
01.08.1942-14.04.1944: Kommandant "U 448" : 4 patrols, 219 days
14.04.1944: British POW, Camp.184 - POW No. 103.355

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• Photo: Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Dauter - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net
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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Helmut DAUTER
  - U-BOAT PRISONERS ARRIVE AT A BRITISH PORT. 20 APRIL 1944, GREENOCK, THE ARRIVAL OF U-BOAT PRISONERS PICKED UP AFTER BEING SUNK BY HMS PELICAN. | Imperial War Museums