List of all U-boats
U-279
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 31 Mar 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 44) | ||||||||
| Launched | 16 Dec 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Feb 1943 | Oblt. Otto Finke | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 4 October 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60.40N, 26.30W, by depth charges from a US Ventura aircraft (VB-128 USN/B). 48 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, August 1994). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 4 Oct, 1943 southwest of Iceland, in position 60.51N, 28.26W, by depth charges from a British
B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/X). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack accounted for the loss of U-389.
Wolfpack operations
U-279 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Rossbach (24 Sep 1943 - 4 Oct 1943)
General notes on this boat
20 Sep 1943. On 20 September 1943 espionage agent Jens Fridriksson was landed on Iceland by U-279.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-279 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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