 On 1 December Allied forces attacked the U-boat, causing serious damage and forcing "U-269" to abort her patrol.She reached St. Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast on the 15th.In France, command was assumed by "Oberleutnant zur See" Georg Uhl, who made one short patrol in the Bay of Biscay in May 1944, then sailed from Brest on 6 June ("D-Day") to St. Peter Port, Guernsey, three days later sailing into the English Channel on her final patrol.