U-279

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down31 Mar 1942 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 44)
Launched16 Dec 1942
Commissioned3 Feb 1943Oblt. Otto Finke
Commanders
3 Feb 1943 - 4 Oct 1943  Kptlt. Otto Finke
Career
1 patrol
3 Feb 1943-31 Jul 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1943-4 Oct 1943  9. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk in the Atlantic south-west of Iceland in position 60.40N, 26.30W by depth charges from an American Ventura aircraft (Sqdn. VB-128/B). 48 dead (all hands lost).

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Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during August 1994. More on revised fates.)

Sunk 4 Oct, 1943 southwest of Iceland, in position 60.51N, 28.26W, by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/X).

This attack accounted for the loss of U-389.

Wolfpack operations

U-279 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Rossbach (24 Sep 1943 - 4 Oct 1943)

General notes on this boat

20 Sep 1943. On 20 September, 1943 espionage agent Jens Fridriksson was landed in Iceland by 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-279 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.