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Re: Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918
Posted by: Simon S. ()
Date: April 05, 2021 04:43PM

Hi mates,

Michael´s guess is right. U 96 (Jeß) had an encounter with an airship in the forenoon of June 5th, 1918 in the vicinity mentioned in the request. In his war diary the commander gives the number of that airship as Z 48. U 96 opened fire with the 8.8 cm AA-gun at a range of 3,000 metres. The airship rose steeply higher, headed for U 96 and opened a rapid machine-gun fire. At a range of 1,500 metres U 96 dived. Shortly afterwards, at a depth of 45 metres, a medium depth charge was heard. The dropped bomb remained without effect.

Best regards
Simon S.

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Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918 Nicksctaylor 04/03/2021 12:35PM
Re: Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918 Michael Lowrey 04/04/2021 04:16AM
Re: Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918 Simon S. 04/05/2021 04:43PM
Re: Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918 Nicksctaylor 04/08/2021 10:01PM
Re: Uboats in the Irish Sea on 5 Jun 1918 Simon S. 04/11/2021 10:04AM


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