Wolfpack Pfeil

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Pfeil ("Arrow") was the name given to two separate U-boat "wolfpacks" of Nazi Germany during World War II.

U-boats involved

The first wolfpack comprised 11 U-boats and operated from 12 to 22 September 1942. This pack patrolled both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, preying on merchant vessels coming to Europe from the Americas.[1]

U-boat Commander From To
U-216 Kapitänleutnant Karl-Otto Schultz[2] 15 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-221 Kapitänleutnant Hans-Hartwig Trojer[3] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-258 Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm von Mässenhausen[4] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-356 Kapitänleutnant Georg Wallas[5] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-440 Kapitänleutnant Hans Geissler[6] 12 September 1942 14 September 1942
U-595 Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Quaet-Faslem[7] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-607 Kapitänleutnant Ernst Mengersen[8] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-615 Kapitänleutnant Ralph Kapitzky[9] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-617 Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandi[10] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-618 Oberleutnant zur See Kurt Baberg[11] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942
U-661 Oberleutnant zur See Erich Lilienfeld[12] 12 September 1942 22 September 1942

Raiding success

Pfeil 1 sank no ships.

Pfeil 2 (February 1943)

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