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Post by keyboy on Oct 3, 2016 17:37:53 GMT
January 1941
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Post by keyboy on Oct 20, 2016 9:45:49 GMT
February 1941
U-86 enters the harbor of La Rochelle on 27 February 1941. Three pennants fly from her periscope.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 14,300 Refit Time: 1 month, ready for patrol Apr 1941
Award Requests: None
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Post by keyboy on Oct 20, 2016 9:46:37 GMT
March 1941
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Post by keyboy on Nov 2, 2016 21:09:53 GMT
April 1941
The afternoon of 28 April 1941
U-86 enters the harbor at La Rochelle. While three Victory pennants fly from her periscope, the U-Boat shows extensive signs of battle damage.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 3 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 17,900 Refit Time: 4 months, ready for patrol Sep 1941
Award Requests: Wound Badge for dead and injured (1 Crew KIA=1 KIA, 4 SW, 3 LW-RTD)
Crew improvement roll
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Post by keyboy on Nov 2, 2016 21:11:08 GMT
May through to August 1941
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Post by keyboy on Dec 8, 2016 3:26:22 GMT
September 1941
U-86 enters the harbor at La Rochelle, four pennants flying form her periscope. While the crew on deck appears to be in a good mood, many sport bandages. The hull shows obvious signs of damage and there is nothing but wreckage where the Flak and Deck Guns should be.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 2 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0
Total Tonnage Destroyed: 27,400
Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol Dec 1941
Award Requests: Wound Badge for injured (2 Crew plus Lt (Ing) Jordan Volke), and Swords to Knight’s Cross for KKpt Viktor Radel
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Post by keyboy on Dec 8, 2016 3:28:29 GMT
October and November 1941
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Post by keyboy on Dec 23, 2016 23:39:30 GMT
December 1941
21 December 1941, La Rochelle Harbor
U-86 enters port sporting four victory pennants. Once again she is minus her deck gun and the hull shows obvious damage. However, none of the men lined up on deck are in bandages.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 2 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 27,900
Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol Mar 1942
Award Requests: none
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Post by keyboy on Dec 23, 2016 23:40:38 GMT
January and February 1942
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Post by keyboy on Jan 3, 2017 23:31:34 GMT
March 1942
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes, inserted Abwehr Agent Number of Freighters Sank: 3 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 22,800 Refit Time: 2 months due to hull damage, ready for patrol Jun 1942 Award Requests: Wound Badge for injured crew Promotion of LI, Lt (Ing) Jordan Volke for being Expert
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Post by keyboy on Jan 3, 2017 23:33:12 GMT
April and May 1942
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Post by keyboy on Jan 16, 2017 22:58:47 GMT
June 1942
6 July 1942, late evening
U-86 enters La Rochelle. No pennants fly form her periscope although several of the men on her deck sport bandages.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: No Number of Freighters Sank: 0 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 0 Refit Time: 1 month, ready for patrol Aug 1942 Award Requests: Wound Badge for LtzS Leon Schmidt and other injured crew
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Post by keyboy on Jan 16, 2017 22:59:40 GMT
July 1942
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Post by keyboy on Jan 24, 2017 16:06:11 GMT
August and September 1942
19 September 1942, La Rochelle, early evening
Almost two weeks late, U-86 enters the Harbor at La Rochelle. Three pennants fly from the periscope and, as has been the pattern of late, the pressure hull shows damage.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 19,600 Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol Dec 1942 Award Requests: Wound Badge in Gold for 1WO LtzS Leon Schmidt Wound Badge in Gold for Sanitatsmaat Alfred Toll Wound Badge in Black for ObLt (Ing) Jordan Volke ObfzS Peer Jolitz promoted to LtzS and reassigned as 1WO Assignment of new 2WO and Doctor
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Post by keyboy on Jan 24, 2017 16:11:04 GMT
October and November 1942
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