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Patrol info for U-667

Date lookup for 16 Apr 1944


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
8 Mar 1944St. Nazaire19 May 1944Lost73 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
2WO

Ltn. Rolf Rüdiger Bensel

U-667's position on 16 Apr 1944

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Ships hit by U-667 on this date

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Attacks on U-667 during this patrol

16 Apr 1944
The boat unsuccessfully attacked a "destroyer escort" from a hunter-killer group with a torpedo but was in turn hunted by same group for 12 hours before managing to slip away. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 510)

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