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(Top) 1 Pfeil 1 (Sep 1942) 1.1 U-boats involved 1.2 Raiding Success 2 Pfeil 2 (Feb 1943) 2.1 U-boats involved 2.2 Raiding Success 3 Bibliography 4 Sources

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.

Pfeil 1 (Sep 1942)[edit]

The first wolfpack comprised 11 U-boats and operated from 12 September 1942 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-boats involved[edit]

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[edit]

Pfeil 1 was responsible for the sinking of 0 ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

Pfeil 2 (Feb 1943)[edit]

The first wolfpack comprised 13 U-boats and operated from 1 February 1943 to 9 February 1943. This pack patrolled both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, preying on merchant vessels coming to Europe from the Americas.^[13]

U-boats involved[edit]

U-boat	Commander	From	To
U-89	Korvettenkapitän Dietrich Lohmann^[14]	1 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-135	Oberleutnant zur See Heinz Schütt^[15]	3 February 1943	8 February 1943
U-187	Kapitänleutnant Ralph Münnich^[16]	1 February 1943	4 February 1943
U-262	Kapitänleutnant Heinz Franke^[17]	1 February 1943	7 February 1943
U-266	Kapitänleutnant Ralf von Jessen^[18]	4 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-267	Kapitänleutnant Otto Tinschert^[19]	1 February 1943	7 February 1943
U-402	Korvettenkapitän Siegfried von Forstner^[20]	1 February 1943	8 February 1943
U-413	Kapitänleutnant Gustav Poel^[21]	1 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-454	Kapitänleutnant Burckhard Hackländer^[22]	1 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-465	Kapitänleutnant Heinz Wolf^[23]	1 February 1943	8 February 1943
U-594	Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Mumm^[24]	1 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-608	Kapitänleutnant Rolf Struckmeier^[25]	1 February 1943	9 February 1943
U-609	Kapitänleutnant Klaus Rudloff^[26]	1 February 1943	7 February 1943