U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-71


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
18 Dec 1941St. Nazaire21 Jan 1942St. Nazaire35 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Walter Flachsenberg
1WO

Oblt. Adolf-Wilhelm Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord
1WO

Oblt. Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann
Cdr training

Kptlt. Wilhelm Schulze
WO

Karl-Hermann Bortfeldt

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-71


We have daily positions for all 35 days on this patrol.

Wolfpack operations during this patrol

U-71 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
   Seeräuber (21 Dec 1941 - 23 Dec 1941)
   Seydlitz (27 Dec 1941 - 16 Jan 1942)

Ships hit by U-71 during this patrol

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-71 during this patrol

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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