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PK Leute
Posted by: Frank ()
Date: December 04, 2000 09:56PM

<HTML>Hi all -

I wonder whether any study has been made of the various PK (propaganda kompanie) photographers who specialized in U-boats - who they were, and which patrols they went on ?

Were they in fact U-boat specialists, or were they sent to photograph various aspects of the war on land, air and sea ?

And were they listed as `crew` - in other words, would a crew-list for a particular patrol show which PK man had been on board ?

I`m also curious as to whether there were only ever two or three during the war, or whether most boats had one on most patrols ? The only one who seems to get mentioned by name is Lothar-Günther Buchheim, who I believe was a well-known artist in his own right apart from writing `Das Boot` - but was he at sea photographing for most of the war, or did he just do a patrol or two ? Have I read somewhere that he actually only did one ?

And presumably they must have had some training before being allowed on board, or they could have created real problems in an emergency. Anything on this ?

Apologies for all the questions. Can`t see anything on this site, though I may not have found the right link; nor can I find anything specifically about U-boat PK men on the net as a whole.

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give -

Best wishes

Frank
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PK Leute Frank 12/04/2000 09:56PM
RE: PK Leute Fin Bonset 12/05/2000 12:26PM
Re: RE: PK Leute Glen Jacob 10/29/2014 08:34AM
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