Patrol info for U-86
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 27 Dec 1941 | Brest | 15 Feb 1942 | Brest | 51 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||
 Kptlt. Walter Schug |
1WO Oblt. Leonhard Auffhammer |
2WO Karl Mühlenpfordt |
WO sea training Heinrich-Dietrich Hoffmann |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-86
We have daily positions for all 51 days on this patrol.
Departure from Brest on 27 Dec 1941.
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Arrival at Brest on 15 Feb 1942.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-86 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Ziethen (7 Jan 1942 - 22 Jan 1942)
Ships hit by U-86 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan 1942 | U-86 | Walter Schug | Toorak (d.) | 8,627 |  | br | ON-52 | A | |
| 18 Jan 1942 | U-86 | Walter Schug |  | Dimitrios G. Thermiotis | 4,271 |  | gr | SC-63 | B |
| 12,898 | |||||||||
1 ship sunk (4,271 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,627 tons). Legend | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1942
14 Feb 1942. U-86 rescued three German airmen from a rubber dinghy in the Bay of Biscay about 200 nautical miles west of Lorient, France at 0931hrs. They were from the Heinkel He111H-6 WNr 4380 (8./KG 40, F8+ES) which was shot down the day before. The U-boat searched in vain for a second rubber dinghy, but the missing fourth crewman was eventually found by other German forces.
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Attacks on U-86 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-86 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.