Patrol info for U-417
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 3 Jun 1943 | Kiel | 11 Jun 1943 | Lost | 9 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Wolfgang Schreiner |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-417
We have daily positions for all 9 days on this patrol.
Departure from Kiel on 3 Jun 1943.
4 Jun 1943 - 5 Jun 1943 - 6 Jun 1943 - 7 Jun 1943 - 8 Jun 1943 - 9 Jun 1943 - 10 Jun 1943 -
Sunk on 11 Jun 1943.
Ships hit by U-417 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-417 during this patrol
11 Jun 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British B-17 Flying Fortress FA704 (RAF Sqdn 206/R, pilot W/C R.B. Thomson)
The sinking of U-417
The Flying Fortress began the attack at 11.10 hours in the Atlantic SE of Iceland. Despite AA hits to the nose, cockpit, mainplanes, bomb bay and rear turret, the pilot dropped his depth charges on target. Several survivors from U-417 were seen in the water after she sank, but none were rescued.
Thomson (CO of 206 Squadron) had to ditch shortly afterwards and all eight aircrew managed to get into one dinghy, although without supplies. On 14 June an American Catalina flying boat (USN VP-84/P-3, pilot Lt Douglas S. Vieira, USNR) attempted to land nearby, but crashed, and its crew of nine also found themselves adrift, in two rafts. While the crew of the Fortress was located and rescued the same day by a British Catalina (190 Sqdn RAF, pilot S/L J.A. Holmes, DFC), the Catalina crew was not found until five days later. There was only one survivor, the others having died of exposure.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.