Wolfpack Pfeil

Pfeil ("Arrow") was the name given to two U-boat "wolfpacks" of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Pfeil I (September 1942)

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

Pfeil I
U-boatCommanderFromTo
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

Pfeil I sank no ships.

Pfeil II (February 1943)

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

Pfeil II
U-boatCommanderFromTo
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

Pfeil II was responsible for the sinking of 11 ships (54,326 GRT), plus one ship damaged (9,272 GRT).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Pfeil 1 at uboat.net". Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Karl-Otto Schultz". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hans-Hartwig Trojer". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wilhelm von Mässenhausen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Georg Wallas". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hans Geissler". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jürgen Quaet-Faslem". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ernst Mengersen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ralph Kapitzky". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Albrecht Brandi". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Kurt Baberg". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Erich Lilienfeld". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Pfeil 2 at uboat.net". Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Dietrich Lohmann". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "Heinz Schütt". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ralph Münnich". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Heinz Franke". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "Ralf von Jessen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "Otto Tinschert". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  21. ↑ "Gustav Poel". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  22. ↑ "Burckhard Hackländer". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  23. ↑ "Heinz Wolf". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Friedrich Mumm". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  25. ↑ "Rolf Struckmeier". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  26. ↑ "Klaus Rudloff". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

Bibliography

  • 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

  • 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.
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