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Re: U-754 and Ebb
Posted by:
Rainer
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Date: April 14, 2008 04:50PM
Hi Jim
To add some more thoughts to what Ken already wrote.
EBB was sunk at night about 50 miles from land in an area that was frequently patrolled by aircraft. The commander of U-754 apparently tried to sink the small vessel as quickly as possible before dawn. The tactics used in such surprise attacks was to fire all available weapons from close distance, first aiming at the bridge to prevent distress calls and the engine room to stop the vessel.
We will never know what Oestermann thought when encountering EBB, because U-754 and its crew was lost only 3 days later when surprised by a Canadian aircraft not far from the position where EBB had been sunk.
Best regards
Rainer
Crew member of uboat.net
To add some more thoughts to what Ken already wrote.
EBB was sunk at night about 50 miles from land in an area that was frequently patrolled by aircraft. The commander of U-754 apparently tried to sink the small vessel as quickly as possible before dawn. The tactics used in such surprise attacks was to fire all available weapons from close distance, first aiming at the bridge to prevent distress calls and the engine room to stop the vessel.
We will never know what Oestermann thought when encountering EBB, because U-754 and its crew was lost only 3 days later when surprised by a Canadian aircraft not far from the position where EBB had been sunk.
Best regards
Rainer
Crew member of uboat.net
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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U-754 and Ebb | Jim Duffy | 04/13/2008 02:08PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Ken Dunn | 04/13/2008 02:36PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Jim Duffy | 04/13/2008 05:25PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | john | 04/13/2008 06:27PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Jim Duffy | 04/13/2008 07:05PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Ken Dunn | 04/14/2008 02:43PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Rainer | 04/14/2008 04:50PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Jim Duffy | 04/14/2008 10:32PM |
Re: U-754 and Ebb | Kim Codner- Nelson | 09/05/2014 01:40AM |