Patrol info for U-180
Date lookup for 27 Apr 1943
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 9 Feb 1943 | Kiel | 3 Jul 1943 | Bordeaux | 145 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 KrvKpt. Werner Musenberg |
1WO Oblt. (R) Harald Lange |
U-180's position on 27 Apr 1943
Ships hit by U-180 on this date
General Events during this patrol
1943
27 Apr 1943. U-180 met I-29 in the Indian Ocean to transfer two Indian Nationalists to the Japanese submarine, one of whom was Subhas Chandra Bose. I-29 put both men ashore at Sumatra.
Fregkpt. Werner Musenberg, commander of U-180, and Subhas Chandras Bose.
There is an interesting video on Youtube concerning this incident (among other things).
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.