Patrol info for U-262
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 27 Mar 1943 | La Pallice | 25 May 1943 | La Pallice | 60 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Oblt. Rudolf Heinz Franke |
1WO Ltn. Hans Hellmann |
2WO Ltn. Horst Dieter Hübsch |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-262
We have 51 daily positions for the 60 days U-262 was at sea.
Departure from La Pallice on 27 Mar 1943.
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Arrival at La Pallice on 25 May 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-262 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Without name (15 Apr 1943 - 18 Apr 1943)
Ships hit by U-262 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1943
2 May 1943. U-262 cruised for 4 days in Canadian waters. Her mission was to pick up some escaped German POWs, but none arrived at the rendez-vous.
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Attacks on U-262 during this patrol
15 Apr 1943
While shadowing convoy HX 233 the boat was fired on and depth charged by escorts. The boat was en route to Prince Edward Island to collect escapees from a planned break out from the POW camp there (Operation Elster). The boat evaded the escorts and made the rendezvous, but no POWs showed up. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 226, http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/41_49P/49P_08.html)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.