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Post by keyboy on Feb 24, 2017 10:29:58 GMT
December 1942
U-86 returns early from her 16th war patrol. The hull shows signs of damage and the deck gun is a mangled mass of metal. Even so, the crew turned out on deck appear to be in good spirits and U-86 sports five victory pennants.
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 5 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 32,400 Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol Mar 1943 Award Requests: None
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Post by keyboy on Feb 24, 2017 10:31:04 GMT
January and February 1943
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Post by keyboy on Mar 9, 2017 10:08:54 GMT
March 1943The last contact with U-86 is 14 March 1943, the same day radio intercepts report an attack on an Allied convoy with RN claims of having sunk a U-Boat. U-86 doers not return from her 17th war patrol. U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: No Number of Freighters Sank: 0 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 7,000 Refit Time: U-Boat sunk Award Requests: WB in Gold for entire crew Attachment Deleted
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