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| U-469 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 50 034 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 300 |
| Ordered | 20th Jan 1941 |
| Keel laid | 1st Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 8th Aug 1942 |
| Commissioned | 7th Oct 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 10.42 - 03.43 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 03.43 - 03.43 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 07.10.42 - 25.03.43 | OL Emil Claussen |
| Operations information for U-469 | 16.03.1943 - 25.03.1943
First Sailing
U-469 left Kiel under the command of Emil Claussen on 16th Mar 1943 and arrived at return on 25th Mar 1943 after just over one week.
At 0959 HRS on 25th Mar 1943 in square AE 84, U-469 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 206 Squadron. U-469 was destroyed in the attack.
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| Notes for U-469 | On 25th March 1943, 206 SQN Fortress of 15th Grp CC RAF (FL W Roxburgh) was covering convoy RU67 South of Iceland when U-469 was detected on radar and then sighted surfaced at 0959. Claussen was on his way to join the Seewolf group. Roxburgh dropped 6 D/Cs in a steep dive, with the result that the boat's stern rose out of the water at a steep angle amongst debris and oil as the Fortress came around for a second attack, dropping its remaining D/Cs. 47 men went down with U-469.
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