German submarine U-392

German submarine U-392 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out two patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was sunk by US aircraft and British warships in the Strait of Gibraltar in March 1944.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 10 January 1942 at the Howaldtswerke (yard) at Flensburg as 'werk' 24, launched on 10 April 1943 and commissioned on 29 May under the command of Oberleutnant Henning Schümann.

The boat was a member of five wolfpacks.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 29 May 1943 and the 1st flotilla from 1 December of the same year.

1st patrol
The boat departed Kiel on 2 December 1943. She passed through the 'gap' that separates Iceland and the Faroe Islands, turned about and headed northeast of Iceland; she then turned about once more and made for the northern Atlantic Ocean. She docked in Brest in occupied France on 20 January 1944.

2nd patrol and loss
U-392 had departed Brest on 29 February 1944, heading south. On 16 March, she was attacked and sunk by depth charges from three US PBY Catalinas, the British frigate HMS Affleck and the British destroyer HMS Vanoc in the Strait of Gibraltar.

52 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.