Unterseeboot 462

Unterseeboot 462 (U-462) was a Type XIV U-boat ("Milchkuh") of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down January 2, 1941, by Deutsche Werke[?] of Kiel. She was commissioned March 5, 1942 with Oberleutnant zur See Bruno Vowe in command. Vowe commanded the boat until she was lost.

U-462 conducted eight patrols. As a supply boat, she avoided combat.

On June 21, 1943 Matrosengefreiter Ferdinand Brunnbaur was killed and four others were wounded during an attack from Mosquito aircraft.

On July 30, 1943, U-462 was sunk by a British Handley-Page Halifax[?] aircraft (Sqdn 502/S) and gunfire from the British sloops HMS Wren[?], Kite[?], Woodpecker[?], Wild Goose[?], and Woodcock[?] in the Bay of Biscay. One crewman was killed, the other 64 survived.