I apologize for trying to help or looking for a different avenue to a solution. No need to be condensing or rude.
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Another possibility is that it was someone with a name that looked similar due to the typewriter and paper used, such as Heinz Barth who was a Funk Maat on U-123. I looked it up in Gannon's "Operation Drumbeat", but there it just says that the only casualty U-123 suffered was one of the control room crew due to the incident described in the OP.
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There is another, but unlikely answer to this: Bastl or Basti is sometimes used as a nickname for Sebastian and some other names. It might be just that Hardegen was comfortable or close enough to his crew that he used the nicknames instead of the 'real' names.
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Ken is right. The best way might be the WASt. But beware that at the moment the turn around time is between 4 - 10 month depending on the details you are looking for and the amound of files they have to go through.
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That's a log for the game Silent Hunter 3, using the Sh3 Commander add on.
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USS Batfish sunk three Japanese subs.
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You are correct. This indeed does not resemble the picture. =)
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I also posted this in the German section of the message board, just in case you are wondering. =) I am trying to find out more about the two u-boats (U990 and U2512) my grandfather served on during WW2. Right now, I am looking for pictures of both boats that have descriptions that allow for an identification of the individual crew members. My long term goal is to setup an informative, dedi
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Hallo! Ich versuche mehr ueber die beiden U-Boote (U990 und U2512) heraus zufinden auf denen mein Grossvater gefahren ist. Momentan liegt der schwerpunkt bei der zu Ordnung von Namen und Gesichtern. Daher, suche Ich Bilder von U-990 mit Identifikatoren oder Beschriftungen die helfen zu bestimmen wer-ist-wer auf den Bildern. Ferner suche Ich Bilder von U-2512 und deren Besatzung. Langzeitzie
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There is, what seems to be the number "9" painted on the conning tower. This would make it a pre-war picture of U-9, I believe. As far as who exactly this Kaleun is, my guess would be either Guenther Looff or Werner von Schmidt.
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Hi there! It is probably not U-2512. U-2512 was scuttled by its crew just off Eckernfoerde in May.
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