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Seeking photos of U-77 and U-108
Posted by: Metman ()
Date: October 28, 2012 09:25PM

During August 1940 the Admiralty chartered the SS Arakaka and SS Toronto City for weather reporting duties in the North Atlantic. The Arakaka was torpedoed by U-77 on 22 June 1941, whilst U-108 torpedoed the Toronto City on 1 July 1941. The Arakaka had 40 crew,including the RAFVR meteorologists, while the Toronto City also included three RAFVR meteorologists amongst its 43 crew.

I am currently in contact with five of the six families of the meteorologists and would very much like to find photographs of the two U-boats to complete the stories for them. I'd appreciate any pointers to possible sources.

Is there any restriction in 'lifting' photos of the respective U-boat captains displayed elsewhere on uboat.net?

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Seeking photos of U-77 and U-108 Metman 10/28/2012 09:25PM
Re: Seeking photos of U-77 and U-108 vito 10/29/2012 06:20AM
Re: Seeking photos of U-77 and U-108 Metman 10/29/2012 07:56AM


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