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Re: U-196 found off New Zealand ?
Posted by:
Simon Gunson. NZ
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Date: November 06, 2008 10:55PM
John U-196 was not ordered to patrol the Indian Ocean. She was one of three (U862/U537/U196) ordered by BdU on 14 September to patrol around Australia, after which she was to visit Kobe for a fresh set of batteries from the Japanese.
The Ultra intercept was 1727/14/9/44 DEFE 3/736. PRO
The text also appears in the FRUMEL intelligence summary 18 September 1944, CRS B5553/1AA and RG457/COMINCH
It is not confirmed that U-196 was ever lost at Sunda Straits
The Ultra intercept was 1727/14/9/44 DEFE 3/736. PRO
The text also appears in the FRUMEL intelligence summary 18 September 1944, CRS B5553/1AA and RG457/COMINCH
It is not confirmed that U-196 was ever lost at Sunda Straits