Patrol info for U-668
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 14 Sep 1944 | Hammerfest | 3 Oct 1944 | Bogenbucht | 20 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Wolfgang von Eickstedt |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-668
We have 13 daily positions for the 20 days U-668 was at sea.
Departure from Hammerfest on 14 Sep 1944.
15 Sep 1944 - 16 Sep 1944 - 17 Sep 1944 - 18 Sep 1944 - 19 Sep 1944 - 20 Sep 1944 - 21 Sep 1944 - 22 Sep 1944 - 23 Sep 1944 - 24 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944 - 26 Sep 1944 - 27 Sep 1944 - 28 Sep 1944 - 29 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944 -
Arrival at Bogenbucht on 3 Oct 1944.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-668 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Schwefel (22 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944)
Zorn (26 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Grimm (1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944)
Ships hit by U-668 during this patrol
General Events during this patrol
1944
28 Sep 1944. U-668 had to leave wolfpack Zorn, which was waiting for convoy JW 60 in the Barents Sea, because the II WO had appendicitis.
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Attacks on U-668 during this patrol
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.