| Born | 5 Apr 1919 | Kassel | |
| Died | 16 Dec 2002 | (83) | Murnau, Bavaria, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-38 | 5 Jan 1943 | 22 Aug 1943 | No war patrols |
Helmut Laubert served aboard the light cruiser Nürnberg before joining the U-boat arm in April 1940. He joined U-125 in Jan 1941 as IIWO (2nd Watch Officer) and was later promoted IWO (1st Watch Officer). He served on her during the Operation Drumbeat mission of Jan 1942.
He was transferred from U-125 six months before she was lost with all hands on 6 May 1943 (Niestlé, 1998). By then Laubert was commanding the famous U-38.
U-38 was retired from active service as a school boat, and following his only command Oblt. Laubert served in the 1.ULD (U-boots Lehrdivision, training division) at Pillau.Shortly after being promoted Kapitänleutnant in January 1945 Helmut Laubert was assigned to command the new type XXI Elektroboat U-3048, but she was never commissioned (Busch & Röll, 1998).
Kptlt. Laubert was a POW until 10 May 1946.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Helmut Laubert
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.
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