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Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations?
Posted by: peachey ()
Date: August 05, 2008 03:19PM

Hi Sid,

Between 18 August and 4 November 1942 U-459 refuelled U-68/U-159/U-172 and U-504 600 miles south of St. Helena. The correct latitude but still 2000 miles approx. off Rio de Janeiro.

Between 19 November 1942 and 3 January 1943 U-461 refuelled out going boats U-126/U-128/U-134/U-159/U-161/U-174/U-176 and returning boats U-154/U-163/U-172
just north of St. Paul's Rocks.

As far as I can establish U-461 was therefore the closest milch cow refuelling off Brazil

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Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? Sid Guttridge 07/26/2008 10:08AM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? john 08/01/2008 05:41PM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? karl 08/02/2008 04:05AM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? peachey 08/05/2008 03:19PM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? wernerlein 10/06/2008 10:42PM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? Gert 10/09/2008 04:59PM
Re: Details of Milch Cow refuelling operations? huracan 10/16/2008 09:09PM


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