Patrol info for U-571
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 22 Mar 1943 | La Pallice | 23 Mar 1943 | La Pallice | 2 days |
| 25 Mar 1943 | La Pallice | 1 May 1943 | La Pallice | 38 days |
| 40 days | ||||
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Helmut Möhlmann |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-571
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We have daily positions for all 40 days on this patrol.
Departure from La Pallice on 22 Mar 1943.
Arrival at La Pallice on 23 Mar 1943.
Departure from La Pallice on 25 Mar 1943.
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Arrival at La Pallice on 1 May 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-571 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Without name (27 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Adler (7 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943)
Meise (13 Apr 1943 - 25 Apr 1943)
Ships hit by U-571 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-571 during this patrol
22 Mar 1943
At 21.55 hours, the boat was attacked by a Beaufighter aircraft (141 Sqn RAF/I) only a few hours after leaving La Pallice about 20 miles southwest of Ile d’Yeu. The escorting Sperrbrecher 16 had just left when U-571 was strafed twice by the aircraft with cannon and machine gun fire from the beam in the moonlit night. The Germans immediately opened fire with the AA guns but one of the gunners panicked during the second attack and did not fire, so the boat had to crash dive despite a depth of only 70 meters, leaving behind a small patch of oil. A leak in one of the ballast tanks forced U-571 to return to base for repairs. (Sources: KTB U-571/ADM 199-1784)
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Men lost from U-boats
22 Apr 1943 |
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