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This Wolfpack operated from 27 Apr 1943 to 4 May 1943.

Notes: Nearly all boats leave to join gruppe Fink on 4 May.

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
U-192Werner Happe27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-209Heinrich Brodda27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-231Wolfgang Wenzel27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-258Wilhelm von Mässenhausen27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-378Erich Mäder27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-381Graf Wilhelm-Heinrich Pückler und Limpurg27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-386Hans-Albrecht Kandler27 Apr 194330 Apr 1943 
U-413Gustav Poel27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-528Georg von Rabenau27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-531Herbert Neckel27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-532Ottoheinrich Junker27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-533Helmut Hennig27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-552Klaus Popp27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-648Peter-Arthur Stahl27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-650Ernst von Witzendorff27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-954Odo Loewe27 Apr 19434 May 1943 

Daily positions of Wolfpack Star

Daily positions of U-boats of Wolfpack Star. The letters are each assigned to one specific boat.

U-boat position. U-boat lost from the Wolfpack.

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Ships hit by this Wolfpack

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 Apr 1943U-258Wilhelm von Mässenhausen McKeesport6,198amONS-5
 6,198

1 ship sunk (6,198 tons).

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Alarm ! Tauchen !. Fürbringer, Werner, 1933.
Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials. Taylor, Telford, 1992.
Arctic Convoy PQ8. Michael Wadsworth, 2010.
The Atlantic Star, 1939-45. Thomas, David Arthur, 1990.
The Battle of The Atlantic. Williams, Andrew, 2002.
Battle of Wits. Budiansky, Stephen, 2000.
Bismarck. Zetterling, Niklas, 2009.
Cabo de Java. MacLean, Alistair, 1969.
Cruisers for Breakfast. Mansfield, John G., Jr., 1997.
Eva's War. Krutein, Eva, 1990. (transl.)
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The Grey Wolves of Eriboll. David M. Hird, 2010.
Mala flota bez mitow cz.2. Borowiak, Mariusz, 2001.
Nightmare in Bari. Reminick, Gerald, 2001.
One of our Submarines. Young, Edward,
Red Star Under the Baltic. Victor Korzh, 2005.
Run Silent, Run Deep. Beach, Edward L., 1986. (transl.)
Running the Gauntlet. Satchell, Alister, 2001.
A Sailor of Austria. Biggins, John, 1994.
South pacific destroyer. Russell Sydnor Crenshaw Jr., 2009.
SS Ceramic. Hardy Clare, 2006.
The Star of Shame. Hickey, Des & Smith, Gus, 1989.
Station X. Smith, Michael, 2000.
Steel Shark in the Pacific. Jaffee, Walter W., 2001.
The Strike Wings. Nesbit, Roy Conyers, 1995.
The Starvation Blockades. Hawkins, Nigel, 2002.
U-Boat Far from Home. Stevens, David, 1997.
Upp periskop. Rundberg, Arvid, 1963.
USS Frost. Kerrigan, Warren J., 2001.

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