"Helmut Witte"@en . . . . "1915-04-06Z"^^ . "2005Z"^^ . "German World War II U-boat commander" . . "Helmut Witte (6 April 1915 \u2013 3 October 2005) was a Korvettenkapit\u00E4n (corvette captain) with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. As commander of the Type IXC U-boat U-159, he sank twenty-three ships on four patrols, for a total of 119,554 tons of Allied shipping, to become the 20th highest scoring U-Boat ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)."@en . "1934Z"^^ . "1915Z"^^ . "Witte, Helmut"@en . . . "2005-10-03Z"^^ . .