Departure from Lorient on 29 May 1943.
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Arrival at Lorient on 16 Jul 1943.

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24 Jun 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
American PB4Y-1 Liberator BuNo 32046 (VB-103 USN, pilot Lt Hubert Kearsley Reese Jr., USNR)

At 08.50 hours, the boat was attacked by the Liberator (misidentified as PBM Mariner) south-southeast of Cape Farewell. U-271 evaded the attack by turning hard to port and opened AA fire at a distance of only 800 meters when the aircraft approached from astern. The Germans observed hits in the cockpit and the fuselage just before four depth charges were dropped and the aircraft crashed in flames about 1500 meters away. They searched the area, but all 10 crew members perished. The depth charges damaged some batteries, the compressors, the forward toilet, the listening gear and three torpedoes stored in the bow room, but the U-boat was able to continue her patrol after the crew carried out repairs.

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