Patrol info for U-625
Date lookup for 2 Jan 1944
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 15 Nov 1943 | Trondheim | 2 Jan 1944 | *died at sea* | 49 days |
| 2 Jan 1944 | *at sea* | 6 Jan 1944 | Brest | 5 days |
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Commander | Officers * |
Oblt. Kurt Sureth |
I.WO Sureth took over command of U-625 after Hans Benker was lost overboard during a crash dive in an air attack.
U-625's position on 2 Jan 1944
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Attacks on U-625 during this patrol
2 Jan 1944
2138hrs, Bay of Biscay, inbound: a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/G, pilot P/O J.E. Edwards) made a Leigh Light attack. U-625 initially opened fire with the AA guns, and a hit was scored on the port side of the aircraft, wounding the radio operator with shrapnel, but the boat then began to dive. Her commander, Kptlt. Hans Benker countermanded the order to dive so that he and one of the crew could recover the Naxos radar warning device, but the dive continued, causing both men to drown. (Sources: Blair, Clay)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.