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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1008Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 55 064
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number208
Ordered23rd Mar 1942
Keel laid12th Feb 1943
Launched8th Dec 1943
Commissioned1st Feb 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
02.44 - 10.4431.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.44 - 01.4524.U-Flottille, Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 05.455.U-Flottille, Kiel
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
02.44 - 11.44OL Diether Todenhagen
see also: U-48 U-365 
11.44 - 05.45OL Hans Gessner

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