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Re: Milchkühe
Posted by:
SnakeDoc
()
Date: September 18, 2015 07:30AM
Hi,
markos88 Wrote:
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>> I understand that the Milchkühe submarine tankers were
>> positioned about 1000km east of NYC in early 1942.
U459 went on the her first mission mission in the end of
March 1942:
[uboat.net]
In the April this U-Boat operated in in the quadrants
CC57, CC75 and CC73. It is about 1800 km east of NYC.
> Where were the Milchkühe stationed in May 1942
> when the U-boats moved most of their Western
> Atlantic activity from the eastern seaboard of the
> USA into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean?
In May 1942 the only one supply U-Boat operated in the North
Atlantic:
U459 - 1-2 May 1942, CC81 - supplied U751 and U103
U459 - 5 May 1942, CD46 - supplied U753
You can use this site: [grid.nylle.de]
to convert German Naval Grid quadrants to the geographic
coordinate system.
> Also, any links to detailed information about the
> Milchkühe would be greatly appreciated!
Well, the Milchkühe is rather poorly covered in the Internet.
However, if you have any general or detailed questions on them,
post here, and will try to find answers.
--
Regards
Maciek
[www.tvre.org]
markos88 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>> I understand that the Milchkühe submarine tankers were
>> positioned about 1000km east of NYC in early 1942.
U459 went on the her first mission mission in the end of
March 1942:
[uboat.net]
In the April this U-Boat operated in in the quadrants
CC57, CC75 and CC73. It is about 1800 km east of NYC.
> Where were the Milchkühe stationed in May 1942
> when the U-boats moved most of their Western
> Atlantic activity from the eastern seaboard of the
> USA into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean?
In May 1942 the only one supply U-Boat operated in the North
Atlantic:
U459 - 1-2 May 1942, CC81 - supplied U751 and U103
U459 - 5 May 1942, CD46 - supplied U753
You can use this site: [grid.nylle.de]
to convert German Naval Grid quadrants to the geographic
coordinate system.
> Also, any links to detailed information about the
> Milchkühe would be greatly appreciated!
Well, the Milchkühe is rather poorly covered in the Internet.
However, if you have any general or detailed questions on them,
post here, and will try to find answers.
--
Regards
Maciek
[www.tvre.org]
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