U-852
Type | IXD2 | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 15 Apr 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1058) | ||
| Launched | 28 Jan 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 15 Jun 1943 | Kptlt. Heinz-Wilhelm Eck | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 15 Jun 1943 - 31 Jan 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Feb 1944 - 3 May 1944 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 9,972 GRT | |||
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May, 1944 in the Arabian Sea off the east coast of Somalia, in position 09.32N, 50.59E, after running aground during a British air attack by 6 Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 621 and 8). 7 dead and 59 survivors. | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-852 - View the 1 war patrol
General notes on this boat
14 Mar 1944. The boat was heading for the Indian Ocean to join the Monsoon wolfpack operating there.
This boat got famous for all the wrong reasons when Kptlt. Heinz Eck had survivors of the Greek steamer Peleus machine-gunned in the water to erase all signs of his sinking. Eck and 2 of his crew were executed after the war, the only U-boat commander to be even tried for war crimes.
3 May 1944. On 3 May 1944 the Allies captured intact the Fa330 "Bachstelze" aircraft carried by the U-boat, thus getting the first news of its existence. Impressed by its simplicity and easiness to fold and unfold, they began to test it.
Source: Aircraft of the Smithsonian
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-852 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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