Re: U-156 & Red Cross
Posted by:
Volker Erich Kummrow
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Date: September 03, 2009 05:54PM
"I picked up 193 men. 4, 53"
From a legal point of view the subsumption has to consider the time of action. At the time of action the captain had his boat on a rescue and not on acombat mission. The bomber-pilot saw it the same way. The skipper intently figured his boat with said people on board was not fit to be used for military purposes. That the boat itself might be still in shape for its military use is, legally speaking, irrelevant. A boat does not go out on its own having her conning tower signal to the diesels and the torpedos lets go and hunt convovies. That can only be done by the crew on board.
You all have a nice day.
Sincerely Yours
VEK
From a legal point of view the subsumption has to consider the time of action. At the time of action the captain had his boat on a rescue and not on acombat mission. The bomber-pilot saw it the same way. The skipper intently figured his boat with said people on board was not fit to be used for military purposes. That the boat itself might be still in shape for its military use is, legally speaking, irrelevant. A boat does not go out on its own having her conning tower signal to the diesels and the torpedos lets go and hunt convovies. That can only be done by the crew on board.
You all have a nice day.
Sincerely Yours
VEK
