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Re: Could this be U166?
Posted by: BHenderson ()
Date: March 29, 2013 05:21PM

The attack on U-171 (possible) noted by Dr. Niestle was reported by the aircraft in a position approx. 100 miles SW of New Orleans and 100 miles W of the mouth of the Mississippi on 1 August, 1942 (the day after the Robert E Lee was sunk). U-171 was reported sinking ships near the Texas coast both before and after this date, but she never reported any position east of the mouth of the Mississippi (except for her transit patrol courses to and from the western Gulf, but these were much closer to Cuba than Pensacola). U-171 was sunk just before she reached her home French port over a month later.

Without a dependable date for the Pensacola aircraft attack, it's very hard to make connections, but it appears that any attack near Pensacola was not against U-171, either.

B Henderson, NC USA

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Could this be U166? Hersh54 03/28/2013 10:50PM
Re: Could this be U166? BHenderson 03/29/2013 05:03PM
Re: Could this be U166? BHenderson 03/29/2013 05:21PM
Re: Could this be U166? John Kane 05/04/2014 10:27PM
Re: Could this be U166? Easby 05/26/2014 08:05PM
Re: Could this be U166? Steve Messenger 07/18/2014 02:21AM


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