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U-Boat Operations
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Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1009Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 55 087
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number209
Ordered23rd Mar 1942
Keel laid24th Feb 1943
Launched5th Jan 1944
Commissioned10th Feb 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
02.44 - 10.4431.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.44 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
02.44 - 11.44OL Klaus Hilgendorf
11.44 - 02.45OL Dietrich Zehle
see also: U-299 
02.45 - 05.45OL Klaus Hilgendorf

Operations information for U-1009
12.10.1944 - 14.10.1944
First Sailing
U-1009 left Kiel under the command of Klaus Hilgendorf on 12th Oct 1944 and arrived at Horten on 14th Oct 1944 after two days.
22.10.1944 - 23.10.1944
Second Sailing
On the 22nd Oct 1944, U-1009 left Horten under the command of Klaus Hilgendorf and after one day arrived at Kristiansand on 23rd Oct 1944.
27.10.1944 - 28.10.1944
Third Sailing
U-1009 departed under Klaus Hilgendorf from Kristiansand on 27th Oct 1944 and arrived at Horten on 28th Oct 1944 after one day.
17.11.1944 - 19.11.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-1009 left Horten under the command of Klaus Hilgendorf on 17th Nov 1944 and after two days arrived at Kristiansand on 19th Nov 1944.
20.11.1944 - 20.11.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 20th Nov 1944, U-1009 left Kristiansand under the command of Klaus Hilgendorf and arrived at Egersund on the same day.
26.11.1944 - 27.11.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-1009 departed under Klaus Hilgendorf from Egersund on 26th Nov 1944 and after one day arrived at Bergen on 27th Nov 1944.
28.11.1944 - 03.12.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-1009 left Bergen under the command of Dietrich Zehle on 28th Nov 1944 and arrived back at Bergen on 3rd Dec 1944 after five days.
11.12.1944 - 08.02.1945
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 11th Dec 1944, U-1009 left Bergen under the command of Dietrich Zehle and after eight and a half weeks arrived at Trondheim on 8th Feb 1945.
29.03.1945 - 10.05.1945
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-1009 departed under Klaus Hilgendorf from Trondheim on 29th Mar 1945 and arrived at Loch Eriboll, UK on 10th May 1945 after six weeks.

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