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U 1209 and the Wolf. Part 2.
Posted by:
Vin
()
Date: October 17, 2002 12:27AM
<HTML>After the rescue the survivors were sent to London, split up, and never
made contact with anyone until 1974. Then, very slowly, the links in
the chain of memory were put togeather.
The German crew members , now living in Germany and England,
mamaged to make contact with each other.
Mr Perrin`s correspondent said he was a POW in Ireland, then found
work in Scotland after the war before returning to his own country in
1948 with his new wife.
The couple returned to England in 1952 and after work as a London
bus driver he was employed by the German Embassy.
Richard Perrin well remembers the day he was put in command of
RML 542.
"I was flown back from St Just to the Isles of Scilly to take over and bring her back to Falmouth base. We were mainly involved in rescue and convoy escort duties
but the very versatile B- class boats could be adapted for anti-submarine or
a range of other duties within a few hours. They were exellent sea boats,
and we were a very close-knit crew."
When the war ended he took a little fleet of naval vessels out of Falmouth
to Borneo. He remained in the Royal Naval Reserve until retirement
but kept in touch with crew members.
A photograph of his RML 542 taking part in the rescue of 38 RAF crew
from the sea is in the museum at St Mary`s.
What became of the RML 542 ?
She was bought by a Torquay ferry service, sold some years later
and turned into a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean.
Regards, Vin.</HTML>
made contact with anyone until 1974. Then, very slowly, the links in
the chain of memory were put togeather.
The German crew members , now living in Germany and England,
mamaged to make contact with each other.
Mr Perrin`s correspondent said he was a POW in Ireland, then found
work in Scotland after the war before returning to his own country in
1948 with his new wife.
The couple returned to England in 1952 and after work as a London
bus driver he was employed by the German Embassy.
Richard Perrin well remembers the day he was put in command of
RML 542.
"I was flown back from St Just to the Isles of Scilly to take over and bring her back to Falmouth base. We were mainly involved in rescue and convoy escort duties
but the very versatile B- class boats could be adapted for anti-submarine or
a range of other duties within a few hours. They were exellent sea boats,
and we were a very close-knit crew."
When the war ended he took a little fleet of naval vessels out of Falmouth
to Borneo. He remained in the Royal Naval Reserve until retirement
but kept in touch with crew members.
A photograph of his RML 542 taking part in the rescue of 38 RAF crew
from the sea is in the museum at St Mary`s.
What became of the RML 542 ?
She was bought by a Torquay ferry service, sold some years later
and turned into a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean.
Regards, Vin.</HTML>
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