Hi, mates ! I've received MPC complaint, and I'm taking it seriously... For full details, link as follows : My first remark : HMS Boomer is longer than our sub of 10 m, so her CO should have been more experienced :-)) Second remark, borrowed from William, Elgin , USA , who put following comment to above-quoted article : " French sub Le Triomphant should be renamed Le Homer Si
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Congratulations, Gummi ! Said congratulations have to be extended to Ms.your IWO,and naturally to newborn seaman ! Welcome on board for this young chap, whose picture would be highly appreciated... Sorry to be a bit late, but my own X-Mas patrol ended only yesterday. A seasoned grandfather.
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Already one year since your final departure... Barry, your friends are missing you... Good eternal patrol, old mate !
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Good evening ! Could you please eleborate a little , I don't get your point...
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Hello,Ladies & Gentlemen ! As a French guy, I'm glad to confirm you that French text of the song is perfectly accurate ! About the singer, what do you want to know : The actress or the real singer in the WW II years ? If about the actress, she is Rita Cadillac (Not her real name...)retired star of Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris in the years 1970. Good evening.
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Good evening, Paul ! Quite happy to have learnt that KL(LI) Fritz Grade is still with us !!! Lot of thanks for sharing the info. Enjoy your evening.
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Hi, Tom ! Please provide me with your e-mail(by PM if you wish), I have some messages in my e-mail box that I'm ready to share with you about our late friend.I've already got green light from originators for resdespatching, no problem... Good evening.
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Hi, Paul ! Could be Alfred Gilbert,born on 10.08.1918 , sunk on 31.07.1944 with all hands of U-333 .I've given dates, for there was another guy with exactly same names (family and given)in U-Boote crews. Perhaps Fernando could be of some help ...? Enjoy your day.
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With my most respectful regards, my friend ! Have one (or two...) on my account... Votre Ami.
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Hi, Paul ! Peter Cremer had 9 war patrols with U-333...Have you in mind any specific period you are looking for ? Enjoy your evening !
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Hi, Saskia ! May I suggest that you send a mail to : Mrs. Gabriele Schmidt. info@christan-schmidt.com She is very helpful and writes perfect English ! Enjoy your day.
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Hi,VEK ! Nothing to add...You were certain closer with Barry than I was, but I think both of us have more or less lost a brother ! Votre Ami.
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Good afternoon,Johannes ! Just back from abroad, I've discovered your post and all associated answers it has generated.Needless to say that I'm deeply shocked,and my wife too,for we talked quite often each other about him, whom she called "Your Irish friend". We have never seen each other, eventhough he was more or less planning a trip to Paris last summer,and we were glad a
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Hi, Lisa ! Your post made me smile, for I've got once this kind of strange pets as occupationnal/professional disease when I was working, 40 years back, as Sleeping Car Conductor on Direct-Orient, Istanbul-Calais...I took over from my Yugoslavian colleague in Venezia, and no sex was involved,please believe me ! Arriving in Calais, I felt a bit itchy/scratchy, and my senior buddies asked wha
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Good afternoon, Saskia ! Glad to inform you and all concerned people that Volume 2 of this magazine is now available through usual channels.Received my copy yesterday, it's amazing ! Enjoy your Sunday,with or without storms, we are facing nice gales in France presently...
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Hi, Gummi ! Happy birthday from France ! Enjoy your Sunday.
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Hi,Paul ! Friedrich-Wilhelm ("Fritz") Grade survived the war with the rank of KLIng. After U-96, he was affected on U-183, with the same responsibilities. That's all I've been able to find. Good evening.
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Hi,Ken ! You may like to visit the following link : Two emblems are shown, one of them being 13th Flotilla insign,to which U-968 was affected. Enjoy your day.
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Dear Scott, I'm still interested by your 6 pages document about this topic. Would it be possible for youto e-mail me a scanned copy ? IF not, I can give you my postal address in France.E-mail as follows : jeannoelmuller@yahoo.fr Thanks in advance and enjoy your day.
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Hi, Volker ! Good to hear from you again...I think I've guessed the reason of your post ! In any case, this was an act of war and not a crime. Have a nice day !
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Good morning ! May I suggest that you use search engine of this forum ? You'll find a lot of answers for your concern about nervous breakdown ( Most known case being U-109 CO, "Ajax" Bleichrodt ), and on-board suicide ( Höltring, Zesch,..) or suicide "through sentries"(Lüth, Henke...). Enjoy your day.
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Good evening everybody ! After visual enquiry, I confirm that's a sawfish...Mistake is also mine, for I have written "swordfish" in my previous post. Good night.
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Hi, my friend ! Reason is quite simple : Small swordfish was the insignia of 9.U-Flotille, and both U-96 and U-450 have been assigned to it, based mainly in Brest up to mid-1944. Have a nice evening.
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Good afternoon to everybody ! It took me some time to find in my books some details about these facts.Source is a french book by Jean Noli, "Les Loups de l'Amiral".Sorry to say that it is not 100 % reliable, and I'm not sure it has been translated in english. Noli reports that a KM officer, named Wolf Shafer, is the hero of this flak counter-attack when Göring's person
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Ladies and Gentlemen , good evening ! Just for fun, I would like to inform you that this evening, TV Channel called "ARTE-La 5",which is a German/French joint venture, aired the film "Das Boot", original version released in 1981 in cinema.Certainly to take into account the fact that above-quoted channel is a joint venture, they had, in France, the rather strange idea to rele
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Hi, VEK ! Eventhough I've never been in French Navy, I was pretty sure that the idea, for a sub vet, whatever his nationality, to see the scrapping of one of the last existing WWII U-Boot, i.e. a historical piece , was definitely a silly one ! I hope German U-Boote vets union will join , but certainly their number is a bit low more than 60 years after the end of the war. Good Evening, my
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Good morning, Gentlemen ! U-847 insignia is a black rising stallion... Enjoy your day.
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Hi, Paul and Joe ! U-853 emblem seems to be a strange four-legged animal, I'm not sure that's a horse ! Very interesting matter, I'll keep you posted about results, if any. Good evening.
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Hi, Joe, I've found only U-91,VII-C,9° U-Flotille, but may be there are other boats. I'll check uboataces database. Good evening.
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Hi, VEK ! Reporting from Lorient , and that's not a joke : More than 100 retired French Navy submariners have been informed about the petition, thanks to webmaster of THE site dedicated to U-Boote in French language ! Please contact me,if you wish, for further details. Guten Abend.
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