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Patrol info for U-618


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
23 Feb 1944Lorient8 Apr 1944St. Nazaire46 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Kurt Baberg
Cdr sea training

Oblt. Hugo Baldus

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-618


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Ships hit by U-618 during this patrol

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-618 during this patrol

19 Mar 1944
While attempting to enter the Mediterranean the boat was harassed by allied aircraft and surface ships for an entire week (19 Mar - 25 Mar) before being forced to return to France with heavy battle damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 494)

6 Apr 1944
23.33 hrs, Bay of Biscay, inbound: B-24 Liberator BZ769 (RAF Sqdn 53/N, pilot F/O C. Allison, RCAF) made a Leigh Light approach on radar. The navigator had been confused by there being two contacts, the other apparently being a trawler or other surface vessel, and N for Nan was passing behind U-618 when it was hit in the port wing and fuselage by flak. The pilot then returned to base without dropping bombs because the bomb bay doors could not be opened, the radar set had been disabled and the beam gunner wounded. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)

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