Patrol info for U-417
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 3 Jun 1943 | Kiel | 11 Jun 1943 | Lost | 9 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Wolfgang Schreiner |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-417
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We have daily positions for all 9 days on this patrol.
Departure from Kiel on 3 Jun 1943.
4 Jun 1943 - 5 Jun 1943 - 6 Jun 1943 - 7 Jun 1943 - 8 Jun 1943 - 9 Jun 1943 - 10 Jun 1943 -
Sunk on 11 Jun 1943.
Ships hit by U-417 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-417 during this patrol
11 Jun 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Fortress FA704 (206 Sqdn RAF/R, pilot W/C R.B. Thomson)
The sinking of U-417
At 11.10 hours, the boat was attacked by the Fortress southeast of Iceland. Despite of AA hits in the nose, cockpit, mainplanes, bomb bays and the rear turret of the aircraft, the pilot dropped his depth charges on target. Several survivors from U-417 were seen in the water after she sank, but none were rescued.
Thomson (CO of 206 Squadron) had to ditch the Fortress shortly afterwards and all 8 crewmen managed to get into a dinghy although without supplies. On 14 June, an American Catalina aircraft (USN VP-84/P-3, pilot Lt Douglas S. Vieira, USNR) attempted to land nearby, but crashed and the 9 crew members had to rescue themselves in two rafts. While the crew of the Fortress was located and picked up the same day by a British Catalina aicraft (190 Sqdn RAF, pilot S/L J.A. Holmes, DFC), the Catalina crew was located only five days later, but just one survivor was still alive, the others had died of exposure.
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