Dieter Erdmann

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	11 Apr 1920		Görlitz
Died	21 Dec 1996	(76)	Rheinbach, Germany

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

Decorations

1940		Minesweeper War Badge
1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class
2 Jul 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-555	5 Oct 1942	30 Nov 1943	No war patrols
U-904	1 Dec 1943	15 Jun 1944	No war patrols

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Dieter Erdmann

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.