Patrol info for U-471
Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
27 Nov 1943 | Kiel | 30 Jan 1944 | Brest | 65 days |
Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Friedrich Kloevekorn |
1WO Ltn. Hermann Bruder |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-471
We have daily positions for all 65 days on this patrol.
Departure from Kiel on 27 Nov 1943.
28 Nov 1943 - 29 Nov 1943 - 30 Nov 1943 - 1 Dec 1943 - 2 Dec 1943 - 3 Dec 1943 - 4 Dec 1943 - 5 Dec 1943 - 6 Dec 1943 - 7 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943 - 9 Dec 1943 - 10 Dec 1943 - 11 Dec 1943 - 12 Dec 1943 - 13 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943 - 15 Dec 1943 - 16 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943 - 18 Dec 1943 - 19 Dec 1943 - 20 Dec 1943 - 21 Dec 1943 - 22 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943 - 24 Dec 1943 - 25 Dec 1943 - 26 Dec 1943 - 27 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943 - 29 Dec 1943 - 30 Dec 1943 - 31 Dec 1943 - 1 Jan 1944 - 2 Jan 1944 - 3 Jan 1944 - 4 Jan 1944 - 5 Jan 1944 - 6 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944 - 8 Jan 1944 - 9 Jan 1944 - 10 Jan 1944 - 11 Jan 1944 - 12 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944 - 14 Jan 1944 - 15 Jan 1944 - 16 Jan 1944 - 17 Jan 1944 - 18 Jan 1944 - 19 Jan 1944 - 20 Jan 1944 - 21 Jan 1944 - 22 Jan 1944 - 23 Jan 1944 - 24 Jan 1944 - 25 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944 - 27 Jan 1944 - 28 Jan 1944 - 29 Jan 1944 -
Arrival at Brest on 30 Jan 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-471 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Coronel 1 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Sylt (18 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943)
Rügen 3 (26 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Rügen 4 (28 Dec 1943 - 2 Jan 1944)
Rügen 3 (2 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 22 Jan 1944)
Ships hit by U-471 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-471 during this patrol
23 Dec 1943
An attack by a British B-24 Liberator bomber (Sqdn 120/O) on 23 Dec wounded three men.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.