Patrol info for U-618
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 23 Feb 1944 | Lorient | 8 Apr 1944 | St. Nazaire | 46 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Kurt Baberg |
Cdr sea training Oblt. Hugo Baldus |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-618
We have daily positions for all 46 days on this patrol.
Departure from Lorient on 23 Feb 1944.
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Arrival at St. Nazaire on 8 Apr 1944.
Ships hit by U-618 during this patrol
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Attacks on U-618 during this patrol
19 Mar 1944
While attempting to enter the Mediterranean the boat was harassed by allied aircraft and surface ships for an entire week (19 Mar - 25 Mar) before being forced to return to France with heavy battle damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 494)
6 Apr 1944
23.33 hrs, Bay of Biscay, inbound: B-24 Liberator BZ769 (RAF Sqdn 53/N, pilot F/O C. Allison, RCAF) made a Leigh Light approach on radar. The navigator had been confused by there being two contacts, the other apparently being a trawler or other surface vessel, and N for Nan was passing behind U-618 when it was hit in the port wing and fuselage by flak. The pilot then returned to base without dropping bombs because the bomb bay doors could not be opened, the radar set had been disabled and the beam gunner wounded. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.