Patrol info for U-331
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 14 Jan 1942 | Salamis | 28 Feb 1942 | La Spezia | 46 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Kptlt. Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen |
2WO Herbert Kühn |
WO Oblt. Heinz Koch |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-331
We have 41 daily positions for the 46 days U-331 was at sea.
Departure from Salamis on 14 Jan 1942.
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Arrival at La Spezia on 28 Feb 1942.
Ships hit by U-331 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1942
15 Feb 1942. U-331 rescued five Italian airmen from a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea about 30 miles north-east of Sidi Barrani, Egypt at 2020hrs. They were from a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 torpedo bomber (205a Squadriglia, Capitano Marino Marini) which was shot down in aerial combat with three Hurricane fighters (30 Sqn RAF) while attacking the returing Malta convoy MW-9 earlier that day. One crewman had been killed.
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Attacks on U-331 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.