Patrol info for U-533
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 15 Apr 1943 | Kiel | 24 May 1943 | Lorient | 40 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Helmut Hennig |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-533
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We have 38 daily positions for the 40 days U-533 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 15 Apr 1943.
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Arrival at Lorient on 24 May 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-533 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Star (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Ships hit by U-533 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-533 during this patrol
25 Apr 1943
The boat was attacked by an American PBY-5A Catalina of VP-84/P-5. Three of U-533´s gun crew were injured by the Catalina's .30 cal. gunfire. They were: (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All of them went again out to sea and Buttkus and Ludwig perished with the boat the following October.
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