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Re: Seeking Information of U-242 and U-1271
Posted by:
Max Uechtritz
()
Date: February 11, 2019 03:50AM
Posting again to see if anyone has any leads. Thanks.
Max Uechtritz Wrote:
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> I am researching the two boats on which my uncle
> served - U-242 and U-1271.
>
> He was IWO Ewald Uechtritz.
>
> I have the two boats' service records from this
> site BUT am trying to locate (a) any photographs
> of either and (b) whether any of the crew members
> are still alive. I know the latter is a very
> unlikely long shot as they would have to be aged
> well into their Nineties.But you never know in
> research.
>
> I am seeking photos of an U boas at bases used by
> U-242, especially Grand Hotel, south of Hamina in
> the Gulf of Finland.Also Stavanger, Kristiansand,
> Helsinki and Pillau.
>
> Re U-1271, I hope to find photos from its
> surrender to the British at Bergen, Norway, on May
> 9, 1945 or even when it was towed to Loch Ryan,
> Scotland, on June 2 1945 for eventual sinking in
> Operation Deadlight.
>
> If anyone has heard of any specific other research
> (perhaps by family members of other crew) of
> either of these boats it wold be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Regards, Max Uechtritz (Sydney, Australia)
Max Uechtritz Wrote:
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> I am researching the two boats on which my uncle
> served - U-242 and U-1271.
>
> He was IWO Ewald Uechtritz.
>
> I have the two boats' service records from this
> site BUT am trying to locate (a) any photographs
> of either and (b) whether any of the crew members
> are still alive. I know the latter is a very
> unlikely long shot as they would have to be aged
> well into their Nineties.But you never know in
> research.
>
> I am seeking photos of an U boas at bases used by
> U-242, especially Grand Hotel, south of Hamina in
> the Gulf of Finland.Also Stavanger, Kristiansand,
> Helsinki and Pillau.
>
> Re U-1271, I hope to find photos from its
> surrender to the British at Bergen, Norway, on May
> 9, 1945 or even when it was towed to Loch Ryan,
> Scotland, on June 2 1945 for eventual sinking in
> Operation Deadlight.
>
> If anyone has heard of any specific other research
> (perhaps by family members of other crew) of
> either of these boats it wold be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Regards, Max Uechtritz (Sydney, Australia)
| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Seeking Information of U-242 and U-1271
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Max Uechtritz | 01/07/2019 02:10AM |
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Re: Seeking Information of U-242 and U-1271
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Max Uechtritz | 02/11/2019 03:50AM |