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Re: Jaguar
Posted by: Rob Hoole ()
Date: May 19, 2008 11:47AM

One name that sprang out at me from the bottom of the list provided by Hubertus was KpLt Ernst von Witzendorff who appears in uboat.net's list of U-boat Commanders at [www.uboat.net]:

"Ernst von Witzendorff
Born on 26 Jun, 1916 in Neustrelitz.
Crew 37a. Kapitänleutnant (1 Jan, 1945)
Commands: U-121, U-46, U-101, U-650, U-267, U-650, U-2524, U-1007."

I met Ernst von Witzendorff in 1971 when he was the Kapitan-zur-See commanding the German Navy's Sail Training Ship 'Gorch Foch'. I was one of several Royal Navy cadets and midshipmen embarked for a cruise from Dublin to Hamburg and he looked after us exceedingly well. He was full of stories and, as we passed Scapa Flow, he said, "That is where my old friend Gunther Prien sank the Royal Oak." I visited Hamburg in a Royal Navy frigate a couple of years later to find he had become the Port Admiral. When I telephoned him, he was just as charming as ever.

Best wishes,

Rob Hoole
[www.mcdoa.org.uk]

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Jaguar john 04/27/2008 07:56PM
Re: Jaguar Rob Hoole 04/28/2008 10:02PM
Re: Jaguar john 04/29/2008 06:03PM
Re: Jaguar crolick 05/08/2008 06:19AM
Re: Jaguar Hubertus 05/19/2008 10:46AM
Re: Jaguar Rob Hoole 05/19/2008 11:47AM
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