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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1007Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 54 196
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number207
Ordered23rd Mar 1942
Keel laid15th Feb 1943
Launched8th Dec 1943
Commissioned18th Jan 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.44 - 05.4431.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
06.44 - 07.441.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
08.44 - 02.4524.U-Flottille, Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.45 - 05.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
01.44 - 07.44KL Hans Hornkohl
see also: U-566 U-3512 U-2502 U-3041 
07.44 - 02.45OL Helmut Wicke
see also: U-560 U-351 U-1231 
02.45 - 04.45OL Karl-Heinz Raabe
see also: U-1161 
04.45 - 05.45KL Ernst von Witzendorff
see also: U-121 U-46 U-101 U-650 U-267 U-2524 

Operations information for U-1007
31.05.1944 - 01.06.1944
First Sailing
U-1007 left Kiel under the command of Hans Hornkohl on 31st May 1944 and arrived at Flekkefjord on 1st Jun 1944 after one day.
10.06.1944 - 27.06.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 10th Jun 1944, U-1007 left Flekkefjord under the command of Hans Hornkohl and after two and a half weeks arrived at Marviken on 27th Jun 1944.
03.07.1944 - 05.07.1944
Third Sailing
U-1007 departed under Leonhard Klingspor from Marviken on 3rd Jul 1944 and arrived at Bergen on 5th Jul 1944 after two days.
05.07.1944 - 06.07.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-1007 left Bergen under the command of Leonhard Klingspor on 5th Jul 1944 and after one day arrived at Stavanger on 6th Jul 1944.
07.07.1944 - 07.07.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 7th Jul 1944, U-1007 left Stavanger under the command of Leonhard Klingspor and arrived at Kristiansand on the same day.
07.07.1944 - 09.07.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-1007 departed under Hans Hornkohl from Kristiansand on 7th Jul 1944 and after two days arrived at Kiel on 9th Jul 1944.

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