U-524

Type

IXC

 
Ordered14 Feb 1940
Laid down 7 Aug 1941 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 339)
Launched30 Apr 1942
Commissioned8 Jul 1942Kptlt. Freiherr Walter von Steinaecker
Commanders
8 Jul 1942 - 22 Mar 1943  Kptlt. Freiherr Walter von Steinaecker
Career2 patrols 8 Jul 1942 - 30 Nov 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1942 - 22 Mar 1943  10. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 16,256 GRT
Fate

Sunk 22 March, 1943 south of Madeira, Portugal, in position 30.15N, 18.13W, by depth charges from a US Liberator aircraft (US-Air Force Sqdn 1/T). 52 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-524 - View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-524 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Draufgänger (1 Dec 1942 - 11 Dec 1942)
   Ungestüm (14 Dec 1942 - 23 Dec 1942)
   Wohlgemut (12 Mar 1943 - 22 Mar 1943)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-524 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-524, Das Kriegstagebuch eines U-Bootes. Reintjes, Karl Heinrich, 1994.
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.