Wolfpack Pfeil
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Pfeil ("Arrow") was the name given to two U-boat "wolfpacks" of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Pfeil I (September 1942)
[edit]The first wolfpack comprised 11 U-boats and operated from 12 to 22 September 1942. This pack patrolled both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, preying on merchant vessels coming to Europe from the Americas.[1]
U-boats involved
[edit]| U-boat | Commander | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-216 | Kapitänleutnant Karl-Otto Schultz[2] | 15 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-221 | Kapitänleutnant Hans-Hartwig Trojer[3] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-258 | Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm von Mässenhausen[4] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-356 | Kapitänleutnant Georg Wallas[5] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-440 | Kapitänleutnant Hans Geissler[6] | 12 September 1942 | 14 September 1942 |
| U-595 | Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Quaet-Faslem[7] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-607 | Kapitänleutnant Ernst Mengersen[8] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-615 | Kapitänleutnant Ralph Kapitzky[9] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-617 | Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandi[10] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-618 | Oberleutnant zur See Kurt Baberg[11] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
| U-661 | Oberleutnant zur See Erich Lilienfeld[12] | 12 September 1942 | 22 September 1942 |
Raiding success
[edit]Pfeil I sank no ships.
Pfeil II (February 1943)
[edit]The second wolfpack comprised 13 U-boats and operated from 1 to 9 February 1943. This pack patrolled both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, preying on merchant vessels coming to Europe from the Americas.[13]
U-boats involved
[edit]| U-boat | Commander | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-89 | Korvettenkapitän Dietrich Lohmann[14] | 1 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-135 | Oberleutnant zur See Heinz Schütt[15] | 3 February 1943 | 8 February 1943 |
| U-187 | Kapitänleutnant Ralph Münnich[16] | 1 February 1943 | 4 February 1943 |
| U-262 | Kapitänleutnant Heinz Franke[17] | 1 February 1943 | 7 February 1943 |
| U-266 | Kapitänleutnant Ralf von Jessen[18] | 4 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-267 | Kapitänleutnant Otto Tinschert[19] | 1 February 1943 | 7 February 1943 |
| U-402 | Korvettenkapitän Siegfried von Forstner[20] | 1 February 1943 | 8 February 1943 |
| U-413 | Kapitänleutnant Gustav Poel[21] | 1 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-454 | Kapitänleutnant Burckhard Hackländer[22] | 1 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-465 | Kapitänleutnant Heinz Wolf[23] | 1 February 1943 | 8 February 1943 |
| U-594 | Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Mumm[24] | 1 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-608 | Kapitänleutnant Rolf Struckmeier[25] | 1 February 1943 | 9 February 1943 |
| U-609 | Kapitänleutnant Klaus Rudloff[26] | 1 February 1943 | 7 February 1943 |
Raiding success
[edit]Pfeil II was responsible for the sinking of 11 ships (54,326 GRT), plus one ship damaged (9,272 GRT).
Footnotes
[edit]- ↑ "Pfeil 1 at uboat.net". Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Karl-Otto Schultz". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Hans-Hartwig Trojer". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Wilhelm von Mässenhausen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Georg Wallas". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Hans Geissler". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Jürgen Quaet-Faslem". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ernst Mengersen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ralph Kapitzky". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Albrecht Brandi". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Kurt Baberg". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Erich Lilienfeld". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Pfeil 2 at uboat.net". Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Dietrich Lohmann". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Heinz Schütt". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ralph Münnich". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Heinz Franke". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ralf von Jessen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Otto Tinschert". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Gustav Poel". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Burckhard Hackländer". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Heinz Wolf". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Friedrich Mumm". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Rolf Struckmeier". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Klaus Rudloff". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- Edwards, Bernard (1996). Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. pp. 117, 119, 123–125. ISBN 0-304-35203-9.
Further reading
[edit]- Blair, Clay (2000) [1998]. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. Vol. II (pbk. repr. ed.). London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-35261-6.
- British Vessels lost at Sea 1939–45 (2nd facs. repr. Patrick Stephens, Cambridge ed.). London: HMSO. 1976 [1947]. ISBN 978-0-85-059267-2. original titles, Ships of the Royal Navy: Statement of Losses during the Second World War and British Merchant Vessels lost of Damaged by enemy Action during Second World War
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945, Its Organisation, Defence and Operation. London: Chatham. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
- Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed, German Submarine losses in the World Wars. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
- Niestlé, Axel (2014). German U-Boat Losses during World War II: Details of Destruction. Barnsley: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84832-210-3.
- Rohwer, Jürgen; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (2005) [1972]. Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (3rd rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-257-3.
- Sharpe, Peter (1998). U-Boat Fact File. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
- Woodman, Richard (2004). The Real Cruel Sea: The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939–1943. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-71-956403-1.
