of the 2nd Support Group. All 45 hands were lost. Wolfpacks U-333 took part in nine wolfpacks, namely: Zieten (17 – 22 January 1942) Blücher (14 – 18 August 1942) Iltis (6 – 23 September 1942) Falke (28 December 1942 – 19 January 1943) Landsknecht (19 – 28 January 1943) Dränger (14 – 20 March 1943) Seewolf (21 – 30 March 1943) Schill (25 October – 16 November 1943) Schill 1 (16 – 19 November 1943) Summary of raiding history Between August 1941 and July 1944 U-333 sailed on 12 combat patrols, and sank seven merchant ships totalling , damaged another of , and also engaged and damaged the 925 tons . She also shot down two aircraft. References Notes Citations Bibliography Peter Cremer (trans. Fritz Brustat-Naval) :U 333 : the Story of a U-boat ace, Triad, London, 1986. External links Peter-Erich Cremer, recorded c.1973 for the documentary series The World at War, describes the action with HMS Crocus on 6 October 1942 Newsreel of U-333 returning to port badly damaged German Type VIIC submarines U-boats commissioned in 1941 U-boats sunk in 1944 World War II submarines of Germany World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean U-boats sunk by British warships U-boats sunk by depth charges 1941 ships Ships built in Emden Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in July 1944