Patrol info for U-17
Date lookup for 26 Apr 1940
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 13 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 2 May 1940 | Kiel | 20 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Kptlt. Udo Behrens |
WO Ltn. Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann |
Formed a reinforcement group together with U-23 and U-24 for Operation Weseruebung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. The boat made a defensive patrol off Korsfjord and Karmsund. On 20 April, an ill crew member was transferred to the Schnellboot S-24 off Stavanger.
U-17's position on 26 Apr 1940
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General Events during this patrol
1940
26 Apr 1940. U-17 rescued all four crewmen of the drifting Dornier Do18G WNr V856 (2./KüFlGr 406, K6+DK) in the North Sea about 100 miles south-east of Shetland Islands at 0533hrs. The flying boat had made an emergency landing at sea the day before, possibly after aerial combat with a British Blenheim aircraft (110 Sqn RAF). Unable to take it in tow the U-boat scuttled the aircraft with gunfire at 0615hrs.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.