Patrol info for U-618
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 23 Feb 1944 | Lorient | 8 Apr 1944 | St. Nazaire | 46 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Kurt Baberg |
Cdr sea training Oblt. Hugo Baldus |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-618
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We have daily positions for all 46 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 23 Feb 1944.
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Arrival at St. Nazaire on 8 Apr 1944.
Ships hit by U-618 during this patrol
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Attacks on U-618 during this patrol
19 Mar 1944
The boat, while attempting to enter the Mediterranean, was harassed by allied aircraft and surface ships for an entire week (19 Mar - 25 Mar) before aborting to France with heavy battle damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 494)
6 Apr 1944
At 23.33 hours, the inbound boat was attacked by the Leigh Light equipped Liberator aircraft BZ769 (53 Sqdn RAF/N, pilot F/O C. Allison, RCAF) after being picked up on radar in the Bay of Biscay. The pilot had been confused by two radar contacts, the other apparently being a trawler or another surface vessel and passed behind U-618 when it was hit in the port wing and the fuselage by AA fire. The aircraft then returned to base without dropping bombs because the bomb bay doors could not be re-opened, the radar set had been disabled and the beam gunner wounded. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
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