Patrol info for U-548
Date lookup for 3 May 1944
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 21 Mar 1944 | Kiel | 24 Jun 1944 | Lorient | 96 days |
Commander | Officers * | |
 Oblt. Eberhard Zimmermann |
1WO Ltn. Wolfgang Scherfling |
2WO Ltn. Ludwig-Ferdinand von Friedeburg |
U-548's position on 3 May 1944
Ships hit by U-548 on this date
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Attacks on U-548 during this patrol
3 May 1944
A strange incident in which a B-24 Liberator illuminated HMS Hargood (K 582) while hunting a German U-boat at night east of Conception Bay, Newfoundland. U-548, presuming they were the intended target fired at the aircraft, which wrongly assumed the destroyer escort had done so and broke off the attack. The U-boat went unnoticed by the Allies. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 562)
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