One was a near-miss, but one hit just behind the submarine's conning-tower. The Swordfish dived down to 200 feet (60 m) and dropped two 100-pound (45 kg) anti-submarine bombs. The aircraft was a Fairey Swordfish scouting float-plane that had been launched from the battleship HMS Warspite (03). The crew were repairing a minor problem with the periscope.

The patrol was only eight days old when U-64 was detected by a British aircraft on 13 April, whilst hove-to 50 yards off-shore in Herjangsfjord near Narvik. He took her on her first patrol off the Norwegian coast in April 1940. His next command was U-64, which he took over on 16 December 1939. He was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 1 April 1939 and on the outbreak of war he carried out two short patrols later that year, before leaving U-10 on 15 October. He received his first command on 5 January 1939 when he took over U-10. During this time he appears to have been amongst those sent to help the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War as he was awarded the Spanish Cross on 6 June 1939. He moved to the U-boat arm on 27 September 1935 as an Oberfähnrich zur See, spending the next three and half years training on submarines.

He joined the navy in October 1933, initially as HSO, Handelschiffoffizier (merchant ship officer). He initially entered the merchant marine, eventually spending ten years there, including time spent on sailing ships. Schulz was born on 10 March 1906 in Cologne. For this he received the Knight's Cross, among other commendations. From September 1939 until retiring from front line service in September 1941, he sank 19 ships for a total of 89,885 gross register tons (GRT). Georg-Wilhelm Schulz (10 March 1906 – 5 July 1986) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War.

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