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Patrol info for U-221

Date lookup for 21 Mar 1943


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
27 Feb 1943St. Nazaire28 Mar 1943St. Nazaire30 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Hans-Hartwig Trojer

U-221's position on 21 Mar 1943

Wolfpack operations during this patrol

U-221 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
   Neuland (8 Mar 1943 - 13 Mar 1943)
   Dränger (14 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)

Ships hit by U-221 on this date

General Events during this patrol

1943

21 Mar 1943. On 21 March, 1943 one of the crew captured from the motor merchant Jamaica jumped overboard during an alarm excercise in the North Atlantic, either trying to escape or to commit suicide.

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Attacks on U-221 during this patrol

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Men lost from U-boats

22 Mar 1943
A captured seaman from the tanker Jamaica (sunk two weeks earlier) jumped overboard.

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