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RE: A. Brandi
Posted by: Rainer Kolbicz ()
Date: April 24, 2001 08:23PM

<HTML>Hi Dave, Rainer B. and Ken

Dave, you can get such informations in our Members Area, the \"Conning Tower\". There is also a detailed list of the ships he had sunk.
In the text on the page of Brandi\'s profile are only the most important attacks mentioned. But on the top of his page you can see \"Sank 12 ships for a total of 31.689 tons\".

This section is from the text of Brandi\'s profile and explains why there were so many unconfirmed claims:
On 11 April, 1943 during his sixth patrol, Brandi received the Oak Leaves to his Knights Cross. Brandi announced as sunk one cruiser (HMS Uganda?) and one ship of 23,500 tons (but there is no confirmation of these claims).
This was generally a problem for U-boats operating in the Mediterranean, and especially for Brandi it seems. Rohwer shows many unconfirmed successes for Brandi. But particularly in the Mediterranean it was not so easy for the U-boat commanders to identify their successes accurately, since as a rule they had to dive immediately after firing their torpedoes.

When you own \"Axis submarine successes\" take a look on the late Mediterranean section. There are many unconfirmed claims and not only by Brandi.

Regards
Rainer</HTML>

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Subject Written By Posted
Why did Brandi win so much? Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 09:30AM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Rainer Kolbicz 04/24/2001 11:41AM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 12:49PM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Ken Dunn 04/24/2001 01:32PM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Rainer Bruns 04/24/2001 01:51PM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 02:18PM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Ken Dunn 04/24/2001 03:06PM
For Ken Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 03:44PM
RE: A. Brandi Rainer Bruns 04/24/2001 04:48PM
RE: A. Brandi Ken Dunn 04/24/2001 08:05PM
RE: A. Brandi Rainer Kolbicz 04/24/2001 08:23PM
RE: Why did Brandi win so much? Linn 04/24/2001 06:25PM
thanx all replies re brandi Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 08:51PM
RE: thanx all replies re brandi Rich Mickle 04/27/2001 02:45PM


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