 On 9 February his group sank , , and in one action, then sank on 11 February, and on 19 February.This patrol was ended on 20 February 1944, when one of Walker's group, , was torpedoed (possibly by  or by ).After an 8-day struggle to get her home, "Woodpecker" sank in a gale off the Scillies; all of her crew were saved.