U-1008

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 12 Feb 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 208)
Launched8 Dec 1943
Commissioned1 Feb 1944Oblt. Diether Todenhagen
Commanders
1 Feb 1944 - 17 Nov 1944  Oblt. Diether Todenhagen
18 Nov 1944 - 6 May 1945  Oblt. Hans Gessner
CareerNo patrols1 Feb 1944 - 31 Oct 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944 - 31 Jan 1945  24. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
1 Feb 1945 - 28 Feb 1945  18. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
1 Mar 1945 - 6 May 1945  5. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 6 May, 1945 at 2230hrs in the Kattegat north of Hjelm Island, in position 56.14N, 10.51E, following damage by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 86/Z) on 5 May. 44 survivors (No casualties).

On 5 May, 1945, U-1008 was damaged by depth charges from a Liberator aircraft (RAF Sqdn 86/Z, pilot F/Lt J.T. Lawrence) in the Kattegat. The boat was en route from Sonderburg, Denmark to Norway and the crew decided the next day to scuttle it.

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB and Axel Niestlé during June 1986. More on revised fates.

Sunk 6 May, 1945 at 1839hrs in the Skagerak northeast of Skagen Horn, Denmark, in position 57.52N, 10.49E, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 86/G).

This attack however resulted in the sinking of U-3523

Attacks on this boat

5 May 1945
The attack by a British B-24 Liberator aircraft (RAF Sqdn 224/T, pilot W/Cdr M.A. Ensor) on 5 May, 1945 in position 56.06N, 11.06E previously credited with sinking U-3523 was actually against U-1008 causing only minor damages. (Sources: 1994-03-01, Axel Niestle)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1008 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.