Patrol info for U-608
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Days | ||
| 29 Jan 1944 | St. Nazaire | 3 Apr 1944 | St. Nazaire | 66 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Wolfgang Reisener |
1WO Ltn. Martin Czekowski |
U-608's daily positions during the patrol
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Ships hit by U-608 during this patrol
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Attacks on U-608 during this patrol
31 Jan 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Wellington MP813 (172 Sqdn RAF/K, pilot F/S L.D. Richards)
An attack in the night on 30/31 Jan, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France, in position 45.25N, 05.15W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/K) was formerly credited with sinking U-364.
This attack was in fact against the outbound U-608 inflicting no damages. The boat hit the aircraft with AA fire when it switched on the Leigh Light and escaped by crash-diving. The Wellington did not drop depth charges in the attack and apparently crashed shortly afterwards as witnessed by a Polish Wellington (304 Sqdn RAF/2B, F/S S. Czekaski), but the crash was misinterpreted as exploding depth charges. All six crewmen were lost.
(Sources: Axel Niestle, Franks/Zimmerman)10 Feb 1944
At 05.06 hours, the boat was attacked by a Leigh Light equipped British Liberator aircraft (53 Sqdn RAF/G, pilot S/L T. Spooner, DFC), covering the convoy HX-277. The aircraft made two attacks after locating U-608 by radar, dropping six and two depth charges and strafing her. The AA gunners claimed hits on the attacker but it was no damaged. The U-boat escaped with minor damages. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
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