List of all U-boats

U-1007

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down15 Feb 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 207)
Launched8 Dec 1943
Commissioned18 Jan 1944Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl
Commanders
18 Jan 1944 - 9 Jul 1944  Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl
3 Jul 1944 - 7 Jul 1944  Oblt. Leonhard Klingspor
10 Jul 1944 - Feb, 1945  Oblt. Helmut Wicke
Feb, 1945 - Apr, 1945  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Raabe
Apr, 1945 - 2 May 1945  Kptlt. Ernst von Witzendorff
Career
1 patrol
18 Jan 1944-31 May 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1944-31 Jul 1944  1. Flottille (active service)
1 Aug 1944-28 Feb 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945-2 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May 1945 in the Trave river north-east of Lübeck, in position 53.54,4N, 10.50,9E, after being badly damaged by rockets from four British Typhoon aircraft (245 Sqn RAF). 2 dead, unknown number of survivors.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

U-1007 was strafed and attacked with rockets by four Typhoon aircraft (245 Sqn RAF, pilots F/Lt F.S. Murphy, F/O F.J. Pearson, W/O K.D. Woddan and F/Sgt C.M. Brocklehurst) in the Trave river north-east of Lübeck. One man was killed and another later died of wounds in a hospital. The badly damaged boat was beached and scuttled. The wreck was raised in May 1946 and broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1007 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

We have 3 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.


Grey Wolf
Tree on White Shield
Raven with Bottle wearing Cap

Media links


German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II
Blair, Clay




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