Re: U-392
Posted by:
Jon Balson
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Date: December 07, 2001 02:55PM
Hier sind weitere Einzelheiten...
Jon
A BIT OF HISTORY: APPENDIX 3 Submarines Sunk by Patrol Squadrons During World War II - Naval Historical Center [www.history.navy.mil] [04MAY2001]
U-761, 24 February 1944 (shared, see entry for VB-127, U-761) U-392, 16 March 1944 (shared)
Type: VIIC Laid Down: 10 January 1942, Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Commissioned: 29 May 1943, Oblt. Henning Schümann
Commander: May 1943 March 1944, Oblt. Henning Schümann
Career: Assigned: May 1943 November 1943, 5th Flotilla (Kiel); November 1943 March 1944, 1st Flotilla (Brest)
Successes: None
Fate: Sunk 16 March 1944 in the Straits of Gibraltar in position 35°55'N, 05°41'W, by depth charges from British frigate HMS Affleck, the destroyer HMS Vanoc and bombs from three U.S. PBY-5A Catalinas. 52 dead (entire crew lost). Three VP-63 aircraft piloted by Lieutenant (jg) M. J. Vopatek, Lieutenant R. C. Spears and Lieutenant (jg) V. A.T. Lingle detected U-392 during its attempted passage of the Gibraltar Straits. Lieutenant (jg) Vopatek guided HMS Affleck into position with his MAD gear. Affleck fired a pattern of depth charges that sent the U-boat to the bottom.
Jon
A BIT OF HISTORY: APPENDIX 3 Submarines Sunk by Patrol Squadrons During World War II - Naval Historical Center [www.history.navy.mil] [04MAY2001]
U-761, 24 February 1944 (shared, see entry for VB-127, U-761) U-392, 16 March 1944 (shared)
Type: VIIC Laid Down: 10 January 1942, Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Commissioned: 29 May 1943, Oblt. Henning Schümann
Commander: May 1943 March 1944, Oblt. Henning Schümann
Career: Assigned: May 1943 November 1943, 5th Flotilla (Kiel); November 1943 March 1944, 1st Flotilla (Brest)
Successes: None
Fate: Sunk 16 March 1944 in the Straits of Gibraltar in position 35°55'N, 05°41'W, by depth charges from British frigate HMS Affleck, the destroyer HMS Vanoc and bombs from three U.S. PBY-5A Catalinas. 52 dead (entire crew lost). Three VP-63 aircraft piloted by Lieutenant (jg) M. J. Vopatek, Lieutenant R. C. Spears and Lieutenant (jg) V. A.T. Lingle detected U-392 during its attempted passage of the Gibraltar Straits. Lieutenant (jg) Vopatek guided HMS Affleck into position with his MAD gear. Affleck fired a pattern of depth charges that sent the U-boat to the bottom.
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U-392 | Manfred Rasmussen | 12/02/2001 12:44PM |
Re: U-392 | Johannes | 12/06/2001 05:20PM |
Re: U-392 | Manfred Rasmussen | 12/07/2001 02:55PM |
Re: U-392 | Jon Balson | 12/07/2001 02:58PM |
Re: U-392 | Jon Balson | 12/07/2001 02:55PM |
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