Hi Michael - What a kind offer ! Accepted with alacrity. If you could manage to scan the day/s in question, and also the report on the missing crew members, (which I understand is a separate sheet ?) I'd be most grateful. Is there anything in the log about a July 27th landing in the same general area, or is that a confusion with something else ? My email address is poj&
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Hi Michael, Have spent a fruitless half-hour searching for the microfilm on the Nat. Archives site, putting in the number above (and bits of it), UB 21, KTB, Kriegtagesbuch, uboat, Naval Intelligence etc etc, all with no result. Is it known to be on microfilm, and if so, does any Forum member have it, or have access to it ? Thanks ! Frank
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Thanks very much for that, Ron. As the previous thread (May 2006) comments, the plot thickens ! Hayburn Wyke is some miles south of Ness point (which is the northerly tip of Robin Hood's Bay), and especially if one were trying to avoid roads, farm tracks, etc, it would take at least a full day of walking over difficult terrain to reach it. No way could one 'wade ashore at Ness Point&
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Hi Simon - Many thanks. I had been wondering what its context was, since it didn't read like part of a KTB. Presumably Walther had to put in a special report after the patrol to explain his missing crew members. Best wishes - and thanks again - Frank
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Thanks for that, Yves. Nice to know there is at least some mention of the episode in accepted uboat literature ! Best regards - Frank
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Running another different search through the posts in this forum, I find there was indeed some discussion of this topic in May 2006. There may well be nothing more to add, but comments on the considerably fuller account above would still be welcome ! Thanks - Frank
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Hi all ! First of all, many apologies to readers if this topic has already been aired. A quick 'search' of messages would appear to indicate that it hasn't. Living on the North East coast of the UK, I have been aware for a while of local tales of Uboat men coming ashore to shop, visit the cinema (!!), etc, and had always dismissed them as myths. However, the following accou
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