She was bombed and sunk off the coast of Vendée, France in August 1944.

The engine was made by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg, Germany.

[1] The Code Letters DQPZ were allocated,[2] as was the fishing boat registration BX 246.

[1] On 25 September 1939, August Bösch was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot.

On 20 August 1944, she was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France (46°30′N 1°48′W / 46.500°N 1.800°W / 46.500; -1.800) by Allied aircraft.