Patrol info for U-760
Date lookup for 12 Aug 1943
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 24 Jul 1943 | La Pallice | 8 Sep 1943 | Vigo, Spain | 47 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Otto-Ulrich Blum |
U-760's position on 12 Aug 1943
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Attacks on U-760 during this patrol
12 Aug 1943
At 1815hrs the boat was strafed and attacked with three depth charges by a US Liberator aircraft (VB-103 USN, pilot Lt(jg) Thueson) about 470nm south of Newfoundland. It fought off the attack with intense AA fire and escaped by crash diving, but one man was lost overboard. [Matrosenenobergefreiter Günter Werner]. U-760 sustained damage to the periscopes and forward torpedo tubes and had to break off the patrol.
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