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Patrol info for U-760

Date lookup for 12 Aug 1943


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
24 Jul 1943La Pallice8 Sep 1943Vigo, Spain47 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Otto-Ulrich Blum

U-760's position on 12 Aug 1943

Ships hit by U-760 on this date

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Attacks on U-760 during this patrol

12 Aug 1943
At 1815hrs the boat was strafed and attacked with three depth charges by a US Liberator aircraft (VB-103 USN, pilot Lt(jg) Thueson) about 470nm south of Newfoundland. It fought off the attack with intense AA fire and escaped by crash diving, but one man was lost overboard. [Matrosenenobergefreiter Günter Werner]. U-760 sustained damage to the periscopes and forward torpedo tubes and had to break off the patrol.

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