Patrol info for U-71
Date lookup for 9 Oct 1941
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 29 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | 31 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire | 33 days |
Commander | Officers * | |||
 Kptlt. Walter Flachsenberg |
1WO Oblt. Horst Schünemann |
1WO Oblt. Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann |
2WO Oblt. Günther-Paul Grave |
WO Karl-Hermann Bortfeldt |
U-71's position on 9 Oct 1941
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-71 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Breslau (2 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941)
Ships hit by U-71 on this date
General Events during this patrol
1941
9 Oct 1941. Very crowded in the Atlantic today! By chance U-71 met U-204, U-83 and U-372 some 500 miles off Spain.
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Attacks on U-71 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.