KIA Wehrpass of U-Boot “U-449” (previously sailed on the Admiral Graf Spee)

Original Zweitschrift Wehrpass of Johann Pütz, who was Killed in Action on U-449. He previosuly served on the Admiral Graf Spee and serving with the 8.-, 7.-, 24.- and 26. U-Flottille. Complete without photo.

German submarine U-449 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out one patrol. She sank no ships. She was sunk by British warships northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain on 24 June 1943.

U-449’s only patrol began with her departure from Kiel in Germany on 1 June 1942. She headed for the Atlantic Ocean, via the gap separating Iceland and the Faroe Islands. On the 14th, she was attacked in mid-Atlantic by a British B-24 Liberator of No. 120 Squadron RAF. The damage caused was slight.

On 24 June, no less than four British sloops were responsible for her doom. HMS Wren, Woodpecker, Kite and Wild Goose dropped a relentless wave of depth charges which sealed the U-boat’s fate.

Forty-nine men went down with U-449; there were no survivors. (via Wikipedia)