At the risk of upsetting M Dufeil, I have been an ordinary golfer living in Scotland all my life and have in my mind a story which cannot have been made up about a German U-boat commander in WW1 who surfaced off the west coast of Scotland, off Machrahanish, saw a golf course, was rowed ashore, played the nine holes furthest from the clubhouse, returned to his vessel then recountede this tale in h
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Thank you Felix C - I have sourced several copies in Germany and hope that Santa Claus is kind at Xmas! I intend brushing up my German but would be happy to read your translation! Yves Dufeil - this Machrahanish bone still tastes well with this old dog. You put me down quite smartly on 24 November 2013 re this story telling me it was fiction from a book entitled "The Diary of a U-Boat Com
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Can anyone tell me which WW1 German commander wrote his memoirs after the war entitled "Sechs Jahre U-boote Fahrten?" Is the book available anywhere? Is it in English translation? For Yves Dufeil : I have started again to research the story I told you some time ago about the submaring, the golfing commander and the golf course at Machrahanish! It must haver some basis of truth.
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