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| U-280 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 50 159 |
| Construction Yard | Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen |
| Yard Number | 45 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 30th Apr 1942 |
| Launched | 4th Jan 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13th Feb 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 02.43 - 07.43 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.43 - 11.43 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 02.43 - 11.43 | LT Walter Hungershausen |
| Operations information for U-280 | 12.10.1943 - 16.11.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-280 left Kiel under the command of Walter Hungershausen on 12th Oct 1943. The boat was sunk on 16th Nov 1943.
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| Notes for U-280 | On 16th November 1943, while patrolling for convoy HX265, 86 SQN Liberator of 15 Grp CC RAF (FO J H Bookless RAAF) spotted U-280. As Bookless came in for attack, flak hit one engine of the Liberator and disabled it, meanwhile the D/Cs dropped by the Liberator missed. Bookless came around for a second attack and again received flak, this time the D/Cs were accurate. U-280 lost way and appeared to be down slightly. The Liberator circled for about an hour before returning to the convoy. Although the sinking was not witnessed, U-280 was never heard from again and it is presumed it went down North of the Azores as a result of this attack, costing 49 men their lives.
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