Jeffrey Scully here,Barry's son.My family would like to thank you all for your beautiful messages about our father,he always said you were a wonderful bunch of people and he was right!!My mother asked me to send a very special thanks to Johannes,it must have been very hard for him to send you all the sad news as himself and Barry were very close,Barry often refaired to him as just"My fr
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Good afternoon all, Could someone explain to me the point of re-running the "Truth about Das Boot" thread ? Stu, the guy who stared it was, if I may say so, a rather strange young chap who claimed, among other things, that he had a school friend who came to high school wearing a German uniform and sporting a Knights Cross. He also said his Grandfather ?? was torpedoed while on a Hosp
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Afternoon Gummi, Happy birthday from The Emerald Isle. Not TOO many Becks..Okay. Do Sean Chara Barry
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Hi MPC, I couldn't live without my daily dose of Radio 4. It's the only station I know that actually believes it's audience are grown-ups. Do Chara Barry
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Morning Everyone, This may by of interest to some of you out there. Go to bbc.co.uk/radio4 clisk on "Listen Again" and "The Archive Hour" and you will find "The Sounds of Flanders". This programme deals with British propaganda in WW1 and features recently discovered recordings and interviews made at the tie and I found it quite fascinating. It clearly shows the
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Evening everyone, If you go to bbc.co.uk/radio4, click on The Archive Hour and you will find a very interesting programme entitled "The Sounds oF Flanders." It features recently dicovered archive recordings and interviews from the period. It inlcudes a short extract from a contemporary drama on the sinking of the Lusitania. Hope ypu enjoy it. Do Chara Barry
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Morning Ken, If you go to bbc.co.uk/radio4, you'll find the alphabet at the top of the page, click on 's' and Saturday Live and you can listen to the programme. It's a relatively short item but I think, very interesting. There's a History Channel documentery there for sure. Do Chara Barry
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Good evening everyone, Not u-boat but interesting I think. Featured on BBC Radio 4 yesterday was a fascinating item on Germans who in WW11, faught on the side of the Allies. In all there were 10,000 of these "Soldiers of Conscience", and I must say I was surprised that the number was so large. In order for them to sign up they had to adopt English names and give false details of n
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Good evening Eric, Sounds wonderful. I visited U-505 in 1989 when the old set-up was in place and while the format used did not show her off to her best advantage, it was great to be on board such an historic fighting boat. I think a return visit to "The Windy City" might be on the cards. Do Chara Barry
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Evening All, Not 100% sure but I think the gallant Kplt Schamong is still alive and well. Do Chara Barry
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Hi MPC, I CAN be a bit hyperbolic can't I ? Thanks for the info on the origin of that rather flowery phrase. Stay well Do Chara Barry
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Good afternoon Peter, Just to give an idea of how often this topic comes up... use the Search function on this site and type in something like "U-boats Ireland" and you'll get the picture. I accept that on the face of it it seems logical that with Ireland's history, we would be sympathetic to anyone's cause as long as that cause was against perfidious Albion, this ho
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Hi Peter, Sorry that you feel badly treated here. What you may not realise is that this tiresome topic comes up again and again and speaking personally my heart sinks whenever it crops up. I'm just fed up having to defend my fellow countrymen against this insulting and totally unsubstantiated assertion. This forum is populated by intelligent, knowledgeable people who are always ready t
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Good evening all. Does anyone recognise this book "U-Boote Contre Les Marines Alliees' by Wolfgang Frank ? I picked up a very bedraggled copy in a flea market in Portugal a few years ago and only rediscovered it today. It has some interesting, and for me, new photos.(It's in French) I've promised it to a French friend as I don't speak the language so it's wasted
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Hallo Volker. Gesprochen wie ein Herr. Do Chara Barry
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Good morning everyone, Irish national radio reported this morning that a diver has lost his life while surveying the wreck of U-778. Details are scant but apparantly he was part of a diving team filming the wreck as part of the project by Derry City Council to raise her when he got into difficulties. His colleagues immediately went to his assistance but he sadly died at the wreck. I'
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Hi Pat, Point taken, but at least it will reveal those in charge of U-534 for the Philistines they are. Do Chara Barry
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Good Morning Klt Nemo, If you go to edit, 'select all' you'll find it easier to read. Not perfect but will do until Innes makes a decision on this. Hope this helps Do Chara Barry
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Hi Paul, If you Google Werner Henke and click on Das Boot Werner Henke you will find a very readable biography of Henke. Do Chara Barry
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Hello again, Oops! Didn't know about the taboo. For the benefit of those who haven't figured it out.... Two words... "H... H....." No offence intended. Do Chara Barry
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Good mornng everyone, From the Bournemouth Evening Echo. Mrs Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue Boscombe delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German Prisoner of War who was sent to tend her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the Crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946 they spelt
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Good afternoon everyone, For those who haven't seen the BBC's excellent series based on Andrew Williams book...Go to YouTube and type Battle of the Atlantic and you will find 5 ten minute excerpts from this first class documentary. Even in this incomplete state it makes great viewing. Do Chara Barry
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Good morning Geoffrey, Walker's report to the Admiralty on the sinking of U-574: "The U-Boat appeared to be turning continuously to port just inside 'Stork's turning circle. I kept her illuminated with Snowflake flares and fired with the 4-inch guns until they could not be sufficiently depressed... Bursts of machine gun fire were let off when they could be brought to bear,
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Hi Clio, Be assured I was not suggesting that Walker should have won the VC. Successwise his record speaks for itself, other than that, a nasty piece of work. Do Chara Barry
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Hi again, Sorry. Didn't realise the Nazi Fellowship thing had been covered. Do Chara Barry
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Hi all, Are you sure it's Nazi Fellowship" ? I always thought it was 'Lasting Fellowship". I'd be surprised if having shown the germans in a sympathetic light they would blow it all with such a line, especially as the skipper made no secret of the fact he was no Hitler lover. Do Chara Barry
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Afternoon Vidar and Jean-Noel, Thanks for the info. Never thought of looking there. Do Chara Barry
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Good evening everyone, U-361 (Oblt Hans Seidal) was sunk on 17 July 1944 by a Catalina piloted by Flying Officer J.A Cruickshank. FO Cruickshank was badly wounded in the action as were members of his crew. Despite his injuries he managed to get his aircraft home. For his gallantry he was awarded the Victoria Cross. This got me to thinking... Were there any other VCs' awarded for action
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Hello again, Didn't think of it like that. Good idea. Do Chara Barry
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Evening All, Is it just me or has everybody got those 5 year old posts showing ? At first I was delighted to see a post from the much missed Cate Groom... alas a look at the date dashed my hope that she was still with us. Do Chara Barry
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