John, 21 men lost (19 men from the U-303 crew and 2 men from the shipyard) - 28 rescued.
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D. Gallagher,Omaha,NE, This link will take you to the KTB (log) of U 505 for the day in question: The position mentioned for the "ROAMAR", EB 8432 corresponds to - in the box, type in EB8432 and click "Find" from the link below #
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John, Two links which might be of help: Click on the 3rd item down in the list, below- Which will bring you to this page: Click on Type XXI.
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Metman, Would also appreciate the article if you can.... Thanks. postmaster@ussleahy.com
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Pablo, Check out this site:
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John, Check your mail...
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John, Total of 81. 10 lost and 71 POW. Of the 10 lost, 2 were from the U 270 crew and 8 were personnel evacuated from Lorient.
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John, You have mail....
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No mention in the KTB of a pickup of survivors from the Rotorua.
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Thanks John... You have AOL mail!
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To Forum participants, I am looking for information contained in Shark-Hunters KTB's numbers 92, 93, 95, 98, 110 and 113. Does anyone have these copies available? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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John, Dutch language: 1) Laatste melding : gisteren U 489 uit zicht na duik. "Last message: the day after U 489 was out of sight after diving." 2) Verhinderen uitbraak geallieerde schepen uit Goteborg. "Prevent breakout Allied ships from Goteborg." Could find NO other information regarding the loss of U 857 and U 879 - the report of a direct attack by a USN b
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john, Nice follow-up....
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Nobby, I guess also that since he made the error of thinking that the "Cresswell" was a "Q Ship" and found that he had sunk a fishing trawler, he decided to take aboard the survivors - maybe at that point he decided to quickly find a way of transferring the survivors to an in-port bound trawler due to his space limitations. The quick way out was the overhauling of the &
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Nobby, My thoughts on this.... Since the U 41 had just left for patrol on 7 November 1939 and the event in question happened on the 12th - The CO of U 41 had approximately 22 days left on his patrol and the extra 7(survivors) man complement added to the 48-56 man crew of U 41 was not a welcomed possibility for the next 20+ days. Victims of U-Boat attacks were still treated differently in
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Maciek, U 596 was directed to get a schnorkel installation on 23 May 1944 - it was fitted at Pola Werft (Croatia) between 23 May and 28 June 1944. Schnorkel training for this boat took place between 6-8 July 1944. First operational use of the schnorkel was on 30 July 1944. U 264 - Schnorkel testing between 16-28 January 1944 - initial test was cancelled due to faulty supply air valve head o
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Poul, You have (g)mail....
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John, The abbreviated entry for U 255 in Ritschel Vol. 6 follows: 22 April 1945 from St. Nazaire (11th Patrol) On the way to Les Sables - quiet weather, almost smooth sea. 23 April 1945 BF 6825 Boat is not handling well in the swell (mechanical problems later found with with the Stb. rudder). 24 April 1945 BF 6821 Against Les Sables d'Olonne 2 drops of 5 TMB* (10 mines
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Some interesting links to 1) Bordeaux, 2) Festung St. Nazaire and 3) La Pallice (La Rochelle). Pay particular arrention to the embedded links in each page. The pages are in French, but that should not slow you down - or try Google Translate. Some very nice photos here. Picked up this link from a Facebook page here: Enjoy the tour.....
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Laurie, A legend my friend. Villa Winter was built after 1950 and has no bearing on visiting U-Boats. True, a strange place to build a large home - that is the only mystery regarding Villa Winter at Cofete. The background history on Herr Gustav Winter has also been established. The water depth around the so-called caves would never permit access a U-Boat. Rip tides and surf conditions aroun
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Capt., In addition, there is a source for full maps at:
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Capt., Send me an email with your mail address. dlg-16@ussleahy.com
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Many interesting updates here....
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John, You have mail.....
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Derek, Good morning... David Hird cites ...towed out from Loch Ryan on 15 December 1945 for destruction...
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John, HMS Pytchley (L.92) accomplished the tow. The weather was too rough for her destruction by torpedo from HMS Tantivy (P.319) as initially planned, so the Polish destroyer sunk her with gunfire instead. Reference: The Grey Wolves Of Eriboll by David Hird - Page 74
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John, Not specified exactly in KTB....
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John, Matrose Hermann Witthöft died on 28.01.45 during diving operations while on the way to Warnemünde.
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John, The "incident" occurred on 31.12.42 at 0630 in BD7815. A Mech-Maat suffered an advanced scrotal hernia and a transfer request to BdU (eventually via U 406) was requested. The transfer to U 406 took place 03.1.43 in CD 3255 at 1804 As an interesting side note: Included in the transfer of the sailor to U 406, was his luggage and about 100 messages (letters), packed in a
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John, The original KTB might be the answer...
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