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===Fate=== On 28 January 1944 she was attacked by an Australian captained [[Short Sunderland|Sunderland]] aircraft from [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF]] west of Ireland and was destroyed by [[depth charge]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MF9NAAAAMAAJ|title=German Warships of World War II|author=John Charles Taylor|year=1966|access-date=2008-06-02|publisher=Allan}}</ref> The aircraft's captain, Flight Lieutenant R. D. Lucas, reported that most of the crew successfully abandoned ship, but soon died from [[hypothermia]]. A dinghy was dropped but failed to open. ''U-571'' sank with all hands{{snd}}52 dead{{snd}}at {{coord|52|41|N|14|27|W|scale:10000000 |display=inline,title}}. She had not, until her loss, suffered any casualties to her crew during her entire career. The plane, ''EK577'' (callsign "D for Dog"), was crewed partly by [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) personnel and was based at [[RAF Pembroke Dock]], in [[Wales]]. The crew was Lucas, Sergeant (Sgt) J. R. Brannan (RAF, a Canadian), Flight Sergeant (F/Sgt) W. J. Darcey, Sgt D. Musson (RAF), F/Sgt S. T. Burnett, Sgt D. McWalker (RAF), Flying Officer (F/O) H. D. Roberts, F/Sgt G. H. Simmonds (RAF), F/O R. H. Prentice, and F/Sgt C. D. Bremner.
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