Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Küster
U-45 Type VIIB (3 patrols)
Career tonnage: 20 664 tons
Patrol 3
U-45, 7th Flotilla
Left at: February 2, 1940, 16:45
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM32
6.2.1940
09:20 A/c, crash dive. AF 7466
11:20 Surprised by a/c. Strafed and depth charged. Minor damage. AF 7468
17:24 A/c, crashdive. Strafed and depth charged. Severe damage. Reduced diving capability, starboard diesel and torpedo tube V out action. Cannot be repaired at sea. Will return to Kiel. AF 7491
18:25 A/c, crash dive. AF 7467
11.2.1940
14:14 Docked at Kiel
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 0
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonage: 0 tons
Agressive those nygm planes.