| Born | 25 Apr 1914 | Geestemünde Kronenbitter | |
| Died | 21 Dec 1941 | (27) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-72 | Sep, 1941 | 1 Dec 1941 | No war patrols |
Kptlt. Helmut Köster died on U-567 while serving as a supernumerary Watch Officer (WO) under the famous Engelbert Endrass (Busch & Röll, 1999).
Ships hit by Helmut Köster
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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.