ahgkw, Sorry not to reply direct to your e-mail as requested, but I feel that defeats the purpose of the forum, which is to exchange information and leave a record for others to use in the future. Perhaps someone else has replied, but in case they haven't, I'll paraphrase one of my responses to a similar request last year: Unfortunately the two best sites (besides uboat.net of cou
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Solomon, Thanks for the info on the special tour. I found the link on MSI's website: From the description it is hard to know how much more access you get, so please give us an update when you get a chance to take it (or if anyone else does for that matter). Best Regards, Eric
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Solomon, Try searching on museum of science or MSI and you'll find several postings from various people (including me) providing their impressions of the display and some useful (hopefully) suggestions for your visit. It's been a little over a year since I visited, so some things may have changed. As far as "how freely you may explore the boat", I guess that depends on w
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All, Chapter 10 of Hans Goebeler's 'Steel Boats, Iron Hearts (ISBN 1-932714-07-3), appropriately titled 'sabotage' talks of several incidents involving U-505. I don't know whether this constitutes "concrete, proven historical examples" or simply Goebeler's opinion/perception. Best Regards, Eric
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RC, I was just reviewing the info on U-487 at www.uboatarchive.net and came across an actual example of repairs described as " The following translation of a note book from U-487, probably that of a Petty Officer or Warrant Officer, is presented for the purpose of showing every-day repair problems, work to be done at overhaul, precautions and directions." It appears to have been a
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