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Patrol info for U-205

Date lookup for 15 Aug 1942


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
3 Aug 1942La Spezia12 Sep 1942Pola41 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Franz-Georg Reschke
1WO

Oblt. Emmo Hummerjohann

U-205's position on 15 Aug 1942

Ships hit by U-205 on this date

General Events during this patrol

1942

15 Aug 1942. U-205 rescued five Italian airmen from a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea about 40 miles north-north-west of Bone, Algeria at 1700 hrs. They were possibly from a Cant Z.1007 reconnaissance aircraft (51° Gruppo) which was shot down in aerial combat with FAA fighters while shadowing the Pedestal convoy to Malta in the evening on 11 August. All five survivors were badly injured.

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