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Re: Could this be U166?
Posted by:
BHenderson
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Date: March 29, 2013 05:21PM
The attack on U-171 (possible) noted by Dr. Niestle was reported by the aircraft in a position approx. 100 miles SW of New Orleans and 100 miles W of the mouth of the Mississippi on 1 August, 1942 (the day after the Robert E Lee was sunk). U-171 was reported sinking ships near the Texas coast both before and after this date, but she never reported any position east of the mouth of the Mississippi (except for her transit patrol courses to and from the western Gulf, but these were much closer to Cuba than Pensacola). U-171 was sunk just before she reached her home French port over a month later.
Without a dependable date for the Pensacola aircraft attack, it's very hard to make connections, but it appears that any attack near Pensacola was not against U-171, either.
B Henderson, NC USA
Without a dependable date for the Pensacola aircraft attack, it's very hard to make connections, but it appears that any attack near Pensacola was not against U-171, either.
B Henderson, NC USA
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Could this be U166? | Hersh54 | 03/28/2013 10:50PM |
Re: Could this be U166? | BHenderson | 03/29/2013 05:03PM |
Re: Could this be U166? | BHenderson | 03/29/2013 05:21PM |
Re: Could this be U166? | John Kane | 05/04/2014 10:27PM |
Re: Could this be U166? | Easby | 05/26/2014 08:05PM |
Re: Could this be U166? | Steve Messenger | 07/18/2014 02:21AM |