Patrol info for U-608
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 29 Jan 1944 | St. Nazaire | 3 Apr 1944 | St. Nazaire | 66 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Wolfgang Reisener |
1WO Ltn. Martin Czekowski |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-608
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We have daily positions for all 66 days on this patrol.
Departure from St. Nazaire on 29 Jan 1944.
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Arrival at St. Nazaire on 3 Apr 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-608 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Igel 2 (9 Feb 1944 - 17 Feb 1944)
Hai 1 (17 Feb 1944 - 22 Feb 1944)
Preussen (22 Feb 1944 - 14 Mar 1944)
Ships hit by U-608 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-608 during this patrol
31 Jan 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Wellington MP813 (172 Sqdn RAF/K, pilot F/S L.D. Richards)
An attack in the night of 30/31 Jan, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France, in position 45.25N, 05.15W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/K) was formerly credited with sinking U-364.
This attack was in fact made on the outbound U-608, inflicting no damage. The boat scored hits on the aircraft with AA fire when it switched on the Leigh Light and escaped by diving. The Wellington did not drop any depth charges, and apparently crashed shortly afterwards, as witnessed by a Polish-crewed Wellington (304 Sqdn RAF/2B, F/S S. Czekaski), but the crash was misinterpreted at the time as exploding depth charges. The crew of six were all lost.
(Sources: Axel Niestle, Franks/Zimmerman)10 Feb 1944
At 05.06 hours, the boat was attacked by a Leigh Light equipped British Liberator aircraft (53 Sqdn RAF/G, pilot S/L T. Spooner, DFC), covering the convoy HX-277. The aircraft made two attacks after locating U-608 by radar, dropping six and two depth charges and strafing her. The AA gunners claimed hits on the attacker but it was no damaged. The U-boat escaped with minor damage. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
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