Patrol info for U-764
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 26 Oct 1943 | Kiel | 11 Dec 1943 | Brest | 47 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Hanskurt von Bremen |
WO Gerhard Franceschi |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-764
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We have 46 daily positions for the 47 days U-764 was at sea.
Departure from Kiel on 26 Oct 1943.
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Arrival at Brest on 11 Dec 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-764 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Eisenhart 3 (9 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943)
Schill 3 (18 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Weddigen (22 Nov 1943 - 29 Nov 1943)
Ships hit by U-764 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-764 during this patrol
27 Nov 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Wellington HF153 (172 Sqdn RAF/O, pilot P/O T.B. Wilkin)
At 21.22 hours the boat was attacked by the Leigh Light equipped Wellington based on the Azores, escorting the combined convoy SL-140/MKS-31. The aircraft made a strafing run and was hit by AA fire in a second attack. Its subsequent crash was witnessed by U-262 and U-238 which picked up the two survivors F/S Nicolas J. Martin and Sgt Thomas B. Semple as prisoners, the other five crewmen were lost. Semple was the radio operator and later convinced the Germans during his interrogation that the Allied aircraft were able to passively locate the U-boats by homing in on the radar detection devices. This deception led to the order to turn off the Naxos devices.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)29 Nov 1943
On 29 Nov, 1943 east of the Azores, in position 39.33N, 19.01W, aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue depth charges a contact. The attack was thought to have destroyed the U-86.
This attack in fact was directed towards U-764 that escaped undamaged.
30 Nov 1943
Attack on 29 Nov, 1943 east of the Azores, in position 39.33N, 19.01W, by depth charges
from aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue formerly credited with sinking the U-86.
This attack in fact was directed towards U-764 that escaped undamaged.
(Sources: 1996-12-01, Eric Zimmerman)About this data
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