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Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking
Posted by: Andrew Mair ()
Date: January 29, 2002 12:46AM

<HTML>Hi Innes and Brian,
The dates differ but it seems that U-214 laid mines off Colon and Point Mazanillo, Panama, around 8 October, 1943. The minefield was discovered two days later by which time U-214 would have begun return voyage via Mona Passage.
Professor Rohwer in 'Axis Submarine Successes' has USS Dorado possibly lost to one of these mines, but Clay Blair in volume two of his 'Hitler's U-Boat War' states the minefields sank nothing.
The first attack by the patrol plane on the night of October 12 is widely credited as having sunk USS Dorado by friendly fire. The report into its loss stated that all forces were notified of its route, but that bombing restrictions to be observed in the area of a friendly submarines course were not carried out due to faulty instructions. However the website, lostsubs.com speculates that this first attack was actually on the U-518.
The second attack by the patrol plane later that night was almost certainly on the U-214.
Sources; 'Axis Submarine Success' by Rohwer; 'The U-Boat War in the Carribean' by Kelshall; 'US Sub Operations of World War Two' by Roscoe; 'Hitler's U-Boat War' by Blair; Lostsubs.com
Hope this has been of help.
Regards,
Andrew</HTML>

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Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Brian Corijn 01/28/2002 09:43PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Innes McCartney 01/28/2002 11:43PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Andrew Mair 01/29/2002 12:46AM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Brian Corijn 01/30/2002 11:43AM
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Re: U-218 or U-516 Andrew Mair 01/30/2002 11:43PM
Re: U-218 or U-516 Rainer Kolbicz 01/31/2002 10:35PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Michael Lowrey 01/29/2002 04:35AM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Rainer Kolbicz 01/29/2002 06:15AM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Jan-Olof 01/29/2002 04:41PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Michael Lowrey 01/29/2002 05:03PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Jan-Olof 01/29/2002 05:16PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Innes McCartney 01/29/2002 10:06AM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Rainer Kolbicz 01/29/2002 01:37PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Brian Corijn 01/29/2002 09:52PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Ken Deshaies 01/29/2002 09:01PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Brian Corijn 01/29/2002 09:56PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Rainer Kolbicz 01/29/2002 10:41PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Innes McCartney 01/29/2002 11:37PM
Re: U214 and USS Dorado sinking Ken Deshaies 01/30/2002 10:24AM


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