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Re: U-Boats that operated in the St-Lawrence
Posted by:
Paul Lawton
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Date: August 24, 2021 01:08AM
Hello Gentlemen,
Please Google: "Operation Elster - Powell & Pressburger".
Operation Elster (Magpie) was a plan for two U-boats to enter the St. Lawrence and pick up alleged German POWs from North Cape, the Northwest tip of Prince Edward Island in May of 1943. The U-376 (KL Friedrich Karl-Marks) and U-262 (Heinz Franke).
U-376 never mad it to the St. Lawrence but the back-up boat, U-262 did. It was a ploy by the Candians and British to lure a U-boat into the St. Lawrence to sink or capture is, as there were no U-boat POWs at Camp B-70 "Ripples" in Fredericton, N.B. who were supposedly to cross Northumberlund Strait by stolen fishing boat to PEI and there to make the long trip to the town of Tignish to signal the rescue U-boat. They used an old alphabetical code (Ireland) via letters through the international Red Cross to Germany, but the letters were fabricated by Allied intelligence agencies. The rescue never took place but ASW operations were witnessed off North Cape leading to rumors of a sunken U-boat off shore, which were repeated for decades.
Regards,
Paul
Please Google: "Operation Elster - Powell & Pressburger".
Operation Elster (Magpie) was a plan for two U-boats to enter the St. Lawrence and pick up alleged German POWs from North Cape, the Northwest tip of Prince Edward Island in May of 1943. The U-376 (KL Friedrich Karl-Marks) and U-262 (Heinz Franke).
U-376 never mad it to the St. Lawrence but the back-up boat, U-262 did. It was a ploy by the Candians and British to lure a U-boat into the St. Lawrence to sink or capture is, as there were no U-boat POWs at Camp B-70 "Ripples" in Fredericton, N.B. who were supposedly to cross Northumberlund Strait by stolen fishing boat to PEI and there to make the long trip to the town of Tignish to signal the rescue U-boat. They used an old alphabetical code (Ireland) via letters through the international Red Cross to Germany, but the letters were fabricated by Allied intelligence agencies. The rescue never took place but ASW operations were witnessed off North Cape leading to rumors of a sunken U-boat off shore, which were repeated for decades.
Regards,
Paul
