Hi According to Högel, the colour of the UAK-Zeichens were white OR red for VII-type boats. From the picture I suppose that in this case was white. (And white for IX-type) Nothing is said about dimesions. Rgds Vidar
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Hi This is a UAK-Zeichen (UAK = U-Boots-Abnahme-Kommando which would translate into something like U-boat validating/acceptance command). According to Högel - Embleme Wappen Malings deutscher U-boote 1939-1945, it was run on both sides of the tower for a period of aproximately 14 days from after the boat had been commissioned until it was approved for service in the Kriegsmarine. - A period of
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Happy New Year everybody! Cheers Vidar Teigen Jan Mayen Norway
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I'm very sad to hear that Barry has passed away. My condolences to his family and friends. I was and will always be impressed by his knowledge and friendly ways in this forum. I will miss his "do chara", a phrase I believe came from his heart. Vidar
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Hi Yes, he looks very different. And I doubt it is Gysae, but he could be since Gysa in in color on the front cover. Because of this he was the first I came to think about, but I really would like a confirmation of who this guy is. Cheers Vidar
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Hello Robert Look around in this forum and you'll find a lot of book recommendations. However concerning U-boat operations along the shores of the US I would recommend Operation Drumbeat by - Gannon, Michael 1991, ISBN 0060920882 and Jak P. Mallmann Showell's U-Boats at War, Landings on Hostile Shores 2001, United States Naval Inst. ISBN 155750864X Cheers Vidar
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Hi I think the book is Wolfpacks at War by - Showell, Jak Mallmann 2002, Ian Allan, London ISBN 0711029288 But there is no explanation telling who the captain is, Could it be Gysae in U 177? Please enlighten me Rgds Vidar
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Hello Woody. I ordered a copy from www.abebooks.com yesterday. Try a search for ISBN 978-2-35250-046-9 and you find several in English. Cheers Vidar
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Hello Michael and Fernando. Nice to hear from you both. I'm sorry to hear about your home Michael. First of all. I have a couple of pictures now of Falke in Llanmartin that he has sent to me, but they show mainly Falke or Falke in a group of fellow prisoners and very little of the camp. He has also sent me a copy of a Christmas greetings card that shows a watch tower and some trees. However
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Hello Dave The U-boat may have been in Kirkenes, but that's in Northern Norway, which would be very possible, since it was a u-boat base there from July 1941 and until the Russians arrived. I tried to check if there were any towns on Iceland that could be confused with Kirkenes, and the closest I got was Kirkjubæjarklaustur (translates into somthing like church farm monastery), but I th
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Hi The URL above should be . The price there is about 25.50 USD, but it's out of print now, so we have to live with the prices from Amazon. You can also buy it at www.abebooks.com where the prices start at 78 USD for the moment: Rgds Vidar
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I wonder about the composition of the Nordmeer group "Regenschirm" (Umbrella). I wasn't aware of it until I now, when I'm reading Eckard Wetzel's book "Der U-Boot-Krieg im Nordmeer" I checked, and found it that it is mentioned twice in U 995's KTB. The first time in a FT from FdU in the afternoon of October 15th 1944, and the second time the next mornin
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Hello Peachey My German isn't exactly excellent, and neither is English my native language, but since nobody else has answered, I can give it a try. The sentence ”Bei mittlerem Seegang gelang es uns mehrmals aus guter Position und kurzer bis mittlerer Entfernung Faecher zu schissen mit LUT Torpedos“ would translate into something like: At medium Sea (state), and from a good positi
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Hi Regarding midget subs, they tried to transport Bibers on the deck of VIIC boats. See There is still a slight confusion regarding which boats that participated in this operation, see On this page one can see an errata regarding this operation. I have been working on piecing toghether the story of U 992, and right now it is with the commander of U 992 Hans Falke for review. I asked in par
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See also and rgds Vidar
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Hi all Just a tip concerning reading microfilms. I use an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo flatbed scanner to read them. It has a separate lamp in the lid for scanning film. It's of course not as fast as a proper microfilm reader, but it works. I suppose most modern flatbed scanners that also have a film scanning feature would work. There were three different film holders bundled with the sc
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It's trimmed low. But except for that, what's the big deal? Vidar
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Hi Dan That sounds reasonable. Thank you! Vidar
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The forum generator didn't get degree sign. For U-992 the 90˚ means 90 degrees and for U-604 332 degrees Vidar
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Hi I need some help with a KTB abbreviation: Examples of different notation: U-992/Falke writes: B.V. 90˚, 6 sm. U-995/Hess writes: BV-128, 11 sm. or BV-109 grad, 12 sm. U-604/Höltring writes: Bv=332˚ 24 sm. Best Rgds Vidar
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Hi Copy and paste the address given into you browser or click this link: Rgds Vidar
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Sea state is today reported on a scale from the World Meteorological Organization from 0 (calm) to 9. (Wave height is given as significant wave height, which is defined as a middle of the highest 1/3). If an anemometer is not used and exact wind-speed reported, the wind force can be reported with the Beaufort scale from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane) deduced from the wind’s effect on the sea.
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Hi No, I'm sorry, but that's all there is in Busch & Röll's book. May be Fernando Almeida can supply you with more info on that topic. Rgds Vidar
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Kplt on staff 6th, 11th, 4th and 26th U-flotillas (German U-boat Commanders of WWII, Busch & Röll) Rgds Vidar
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Hi Paula Thank you very much for responding. I've now sent mails to the three institutions you suggested. Also thank you for the links you provided. I had visited the first once before so I knew there were pictures around. However, I'm looking for something more like a crow's view of the camp. Have a nice day Vidar
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