The Type VIIC U-boat U-636 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
List of all U-boats
Wolfpack operations
U-636 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Iller (12 May 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Donau 1 (15 May 1943 - 26 May 1943)
Isegrim (1 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Donner (11 Apr 1944 - 20 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 2 May 1944)
Trutz (28 Jun 1944 - 10 Jul 1944)
Dachs (1 Sep 1944 - 5 Sep 1944)
Zorn (26 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Grimm (1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944)
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 10 Nov 1944)
Stier (4 Dec 1944 - 15 Dec 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
20 Jul 1944
03.10 hrs, Norwegian Sea: a B-24 Liberator (RAF Sqdn 86/B, pilot S/Ldr Terry M. Bulloch, DSO, DFC & Bar) approached under cover of fog and darkness, but was damaged by flak before being able to launch depth charges. The aircraft made it back to base on two engines after the aircrew jettisoned all surplus weight, including guns and ammunition. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
13 Dec 1944
Four men were wounded when the machine gun exploded during an air attack.
29 Jan 1945
U-636 was shelled by a German coastal battery off Stavanger, Norway, but suffered no damage.
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in March 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
13 Dec 1944
Four men were wounded when the machine gun exploded during an air attack.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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