Patrol info for U-533
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 15 Apr 1943 | Kiel | 24 May 1943 | Lorient | 40 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Helmut Hennig |
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Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-533
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
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 .30 cal. gunfire. (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All recovered from their wounds to return to active service. Buttkus and Ludwig both perished when U-533 was sunk in October 1943.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.