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Re: U407 - Help appreciated.
Posted by:
Barrie
()
Date: October 06, 2008 08:57AM
Gert Wrote:
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> Hello Barrie,
>
> One of the U-407 survivors was Mechanikermaat
> (torpedo mixer) EMIL PIENTKA. He died in 1994. As
> it happens (quite a coincidence, I should think),
> his nephew. Miro Herold, at this very time is
> looking for information and photos of U-407. You
> can reach him at:
>
> nc-heroldmi@netcologne.de
>
> I'm sure he'd be thrilled to hear from you and
> very glad indeed to receive the Reichsmark note
> "liberated", meaning in plain English stolen or
> looted, as regrettably - surely in later
> retrospect - was the common practice when the
> British (or the Americans, for that matter) took
> German prisoners, decorations, Zeiss binoculars,
> and Leica cameras being their favorite objects of
> desire) by your valiant RN relative from that
> exhausted U-407 crew member lucky enough to be
> fished out of the water by the sailors of HMS
> Terpsichore (I wonder who it actually was, not
> Pientka, I'm pretty sure, but then who knows). An
> inveterate smoker no doubt, perhaps he used the
> note in exchange for a pack of good old English
> Players Navy Cut cigarettes (the pack with the
> Navy life-belt logo on it), humanly speaking the
> best possible explanation under those special
> circumstances. In 1944, one should remember, the
> Reichsmark actually was worth nothing in relation
> to the rather weak British pound sterling which
> however was strongly supported by the almighty US
> dollar.
>
> Cheers.
> Gert
Many thanks, Gert. I shall contact Miro Herald whose uncle's name does appear on the crew listing. The least I should be able to do is pass to him a photograph copy of this note. I have also been in contact with the Submariners Association in Kiel to see if they can help.
The note itself obviously has no value as such just a piece of memorabilia which in my opinion deserves to be held by someone far more worthy than myself.
Thanks, once again - Barrie
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> Hello Barrie,
>
> One of the U-407 survivors was Mechanikermaat
> (torpedo mixer) EMIL PIENTKA. He died in 1994. As
> it happens (quite a coincidence, I should think),
> his nephew. Miro Herold, at this very time is
> looking for information and photos of U-407. You
> can reach him at:
>
> nc-heroldmi@netcologne.de
>
> I'm sure he'd be thrilled to hear from you and
> very glad indeed to receive the Reichsmark note
> "liberated", meaning in plain English stolen or
> looted, as regrettably - surely in later
> retrospect - was the common practice when the
> British (or the Americans, for that matter) took
> German prisoners, decorations, Zeiss binoculars,
> and Leica cameras being their favorite objects of
> desire) by your valiant RN relative from that
> exhausted U-407 crew member lucky enough to be
> fished out of the water by the sailors of HMS
> Terpsichore (I wonder who it actually was, not
> Pientka, I'm pretty sure, but then who knows). An
> inveterate smoker no doubt, perhaps he used the
> note in exchange for a pack of good old English
> Players Navy Cut cigarettes (the pack with the
> Navy life-belt logo on it), humanly speaking the
> best possible explanation under those special
> circumstances. In 1944, one should remember, the
> Reichsmark actually was worth nothing in relation
> to the rather weak British pound sterling which
> however was strongly supported by the almighty US
> dollar.
>
> Cheers.
> Gert
Many thanks, Gert. I shall contact Miro Herald whose uncle's name does appear on the crew listing. The least I should be able to do is pass to him a photograph copy of this note. I have also been in contact with the Submariners Association in Kiel to see if they can help.
The note itself obviously has no value as such just a piece of memorabilia which in my opinion deserves to be held by someone far more worthy than myself.
Thanks, once again - Barrie
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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U407 - Help appreciated. | Barrie | 10/04/2008 09:38AM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/04/2008 05:58PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Barrie | 10/06/2008 08:57AM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/06/2008 12:37PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/06/2008 04:22PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Barrie | 10/12/2008 05:58PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/12/2008 10:32PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | PaulSant | 10/06/2008 03:26PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/06/2008 05:12PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | PaulSant | 10/06/2008 05:48PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | Gert | 10/06/2008 05:56PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | PaulSant | 10/06/2008 09:35PM |
Re: U407 - Help appreciated. | paul tjader | 10/05/2008 12:48PM |
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