Patrol info for U-618
Date lookup for 6 Apr 1944
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 23 Feb 1944 | Lorient | 8 Apr 1944 | St. Nazaire | 46 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Kurt Baberg |
Cdr sea training Oblt. Hugo Baldus |
U-618's position on 6 Apr 1944
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Attacks on U-618 during this patrol
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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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.