U-467

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down22 Jun 1941 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 298)
Launched16 May 1942
Commissioned15 Jul 1942Oblt. Heinz Kummer
Commanders
15 Jul 1942 - 25 May 1943  Kptlt. Heinz Kummer
Career
2 patrols
15 Jul 1942-31 Mar 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1943-25 May 1943  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 25 May, 1943 south-east of Iceland, in position 62.25N, 14.52W, by a Fido homing torpedo from a US Catalina aircraft (VP 84/F). 46 dead (all hands lost).

View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-467 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Eisbär (30 Mar 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-467 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.