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Patrol info for U-71

Date lookup for 17 Apr 1942


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
23 Feb 1942St. Nazaire20 Apr 1942La Pallice57 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Walter Flachsenberg
1WO

Ltn. Carl-Gabriel Graf von Gudenus
1WO

Oblt. Adolf-Wilhelm Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord
WO

Karl-Hermann Bortfeldt

U-71's position on 17 Apr 1942

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