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U-268

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan, 1941
Laid down 4 Sep, 1941 Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 33)
Launched9 Jun, 1942
Commissioned29 Jul, 1942Oblt. Ernst Heydemann
Commanders
29 Jul, 1942 - 19 Feb, 1943  Oblt. Ernst Heydemann
Career1 patrol 29 Jul, 1942 - 31 Jan, 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Feb, 1943 - 19 Feb, 1943  1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 14.547 GRT
3 warships sunk for a total of 873 tons (lost aboard transport ships)
Fate

Sunk 19 Feb, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay west of Nantes, France, in position 47.03N, 05.56W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/B). 44 dead (all hands lost).

See the 4 ships hit by U-268 - View the 1 war patrol

Wolfpack operations

U-268 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Habicht (12 Jan, 1943 - 19 Jan, 1943)
   Haudegen (22 Jan, 1943 - 2 Feb, 1943)
   Nordsturm (2 Feb, 1943 - 9 Feb, 1943)

Attacks on this boat

19 Feb, 1943
The sinking of U-268The inbound boat was sunk in a Leigh Light attack by the British Wellington Mk.VIII MP505 (172 Sqdn RAF/B, pilot F/O G.D. Lundon) in the Bay of Biscay.

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

22 Jan, 1943
Leutnant zur See Wilhem Deutsch was lost by washing overboard. (When U-268 was sunk four weeks later only 44 men were killed, instead of the normally reported figure of 45 men.)

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998