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Patrol info for U-107


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
16 Nov 1943St. Nazaire8 Jan 1944Lorient54 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Volker Simmermacher
WO

Heinz Robbert
WO

Oblt. Emil Ranzau

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-107

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We have daily positions for all 54 days on this patrol.

Wolfpack operations during this patrol

U-107 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
   Weddigen (24 Nov 1943 - 7 Dec 1943)
   Coronel (7 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
   Coronel 2 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
   Coronel 3 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
   Borkum (18 Dec 1943 - 30 Dec 1943)

Ships hit by U-107 during this patrol

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General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-107 during this patrol

4 Jan 1944
At 19.34 hours, the inbound boat fought off a four-engined aircraft in the Bay of Biscay. No bombs dropped, one crewman slightly wounded by strafing. (Sources: Ritschel)

7 Jan 1944
Between 00.08 and 01.20 hours, the inbound boat was attacked four times by aircraft identified as Liberators and replied each time with its AA guns, while the nearby U-621 fired on an aircraft without being attacked herself at 00.10 hours. All bombs missed U-107 astern and the boat suffered no damage.

Probably three aircraft attacked U-107 that night, a Canadian Wellington (407 Sqdn RCAF/J, pilot F/O Jordan), a British Halifax (502 Sqdn RAF/F, pilot F/O J.H. Spurgeon) and a second Halifax (53 Sqdn RAF, pilot F/L E.B.A. Le Maistre, RCAF) which was badly damaged by AA fire after hits in the bomb bay and the control surfaces. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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