Wolfpacks

Specht

This Wolfpack operated from 19 Apr 1943 to 4 May 1943.

Notes: Gruppe first formed with 17 boats on 22 Apr to intercept convoy SC-127 but without success. The pack is then regrouped with 20 boats on 27 Apr in order to attack HX-235. On 4 May most of the boats go to gruppe Fink to attack ONS-5.

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boat	Commander	From	To	Notes
U-84	Horst Uphoff	21 Apr 1943	25 Apr 1943
U-92	Adolf Oelrich	19 Apr 1943	2 May 1943
U-108	Ralf-Reimar Wolfram	27 Apr 1943	28 Apr 1943
U-125	Ulrich Folkers	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-168	Helmuth Pich	21 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-203	Hermann Kottmann	23 Apr 1943	25 Apr 1943	U-boat was lost
U-226	Rolf Borchers	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-257	Heinz Rahe	21 Apr 1943	25 Apr 1943
U-260	Hubertus Purkhold	21 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-264	Hartwig Looks	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-270	Paul-Friedrich Otto	21 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-358	Rolf Manke	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-404	Otto von Bülow	21 Apr 1943	25 Apr 1943
U-438	Heinrich Heinsohn	22 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-514	Hans-Jürgen Auffermann	27 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-584	Joachim Deecke	21 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-614	Wolfgang Sträter	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-618	Kurt Baberg	21 Apr 1943	25 Apr 1943
U-628	Heinrich Hasenschar	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-630	Werner Winkler	22 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-662	Heinz-Eberhard Müller	22 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-706	Alexander von Zitzewitz	22 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-707	Günter Gretschel	19 Apr 1943	4 May 1943
U-732	Claus-Peter Carlsen	27 Apr 1943	4 May 1943