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RE: U608 event that never took place
Posted by: Don Baker ()
Date: March 05, 2001 03:42PM

<HTML>Eric-Jan:
Here is some additional information re U-608 (ref. Blair, pg.608):
On afternoon of Aug 9, 1944, U-608/Wolfgang Reisner was discovered by a B-24 Liberator of British Squadron 53 of 19 Group in the Bay of Biscay submerged and trailing an oil slick. The Liberator pilot dropped six depth charges and a dye marker. Sloops Starling and Wren and frigate Loch Killin from Support Group 2 arrived at the scene about an hour and a half later accompanied by a Sunderland flying boat. The ships were unable to establish a sonar contact. Starling and the Sunderland departed leaving Wren and Killin to continue the search. Wren detected U-608 about 10:00pm that evening and launched a depth charge attack which severely damaged U-608. Reisner surfaced and scuttled. Wren rescued all fifty-one crewmen from the sub.

Hope this is helpful to you,

Don B
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U608 event that never took place Eric-Jan Bakker 03/05/2001 01:28PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Don Baker 03/05/2001 02:56PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Don Baker 03/05/2001 03:42PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Ken Dunn 03/05/2001 05:01PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Gudmundur Helgason 03/05/2001 09:22PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Rainer Kolbicz 03/05/2001 09:43PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Eric-Jan Bakker 03/05/2001 11:58PM
RE: U608 event that never took place Rainer Kolbicz 03/06/2001 08:31AM
RE: U608 event that never took place Tim 03/10/2001 03:29AM


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