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Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke
Posted by: Eric Stone ()
Date: November 29, 2007 04:24PM

John,

No problem. Schweichel was my main focus, but as so often happens with this type of research, I went on a bit of a tangent on Beuke because the circumstances seemed so extraordinary.

Yes, it seems Schweichel was destined to get someone else's damaged boat one way or the other. Both U-105 and U-173 were so heavily damaged they were lucky to come back. Another enigma (no pun intended) is how quickly Schweichel was transferred from command of U-105 to U-173 and then sent on patrol the next day. He had more time with U-105's crew than U-173's.

Perhaps some day someone will come across a scrap of paper in some file that will explain it. You never know.

Best Regards,

Eric

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Heinz-Ehler Beuke john 11/28/2007 11:16AM
Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke Eric Stone 11/28/2007 11:51PM
Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke john 11/29/2007 09:24AM
Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke Eric Stone 11/29/2007 04:24PM
Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke john 11/30/2007 04:18PM
Re: Heinz-Ehler Beuke Eric Stone 11/30/2007 07:14PM
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