The Laughing Sawfish - 9th Flotilla

One of the more famous emblems, this became the emblem of the 9th Flotilla in Brest, one the most active combat units of the war. Thus is was seen on many boats, most notably U-96 and became famous in the movie Das Boot. Originally it was green but somehow the Red version has become much more famous and many people have never seen the green one. Here on the left is your chance :)

Keywords: sawfish, laughing, swordfish, green, red

11 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-96, U-217, U-230, U-377, U-407, U-450, U-591, U-659, U-664, U-739 and U-954.

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Crew 37b

The second Crew of 1937 was known as Crew 37b, normally it would have been named X/37 indicating its start of training in October.

The crew has started with 436 officer cadets.

Kptlt. Helmut-Walter Münster used it inverted on his U-3501 and U-3517.

Keywords: sword, leaf, knife

4 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-391, U-450, U-3501 and U-3517.

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