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Post by keyboy on Apr 15, 2017 16:53:09 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-219 Nachtdieb Patrol: #2
KptLt: Hans Schicklgruber Patrol Assignment: North America Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 0 Number of Tankers Sank: 2 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Refuelled U-Boats: 5 (5 tons) Torpedoes Transferred: 6 (4 tons) Parts Transferred: 4 (4 tons) Total Tonnage Claimed: 28,400 Ships Damaged : Ships Destroyed: British Motor Tanker of 5,800t – British Purpose and British Motor Tanker of 9,600t – Regent Lion
Refit Time: Standard
Award Requests KptLt Hans Schicklgruber – request for Iron Cross 1st class and Knights Cross U-Boat War Badge
Crew Names: Crew Status: TRAINED
KptLt Hans Schicklgruber 1WO Eckhard Ottenbacher 2WO Christoph Knollmann LI (Eng) Elmar Lang Doctor Herwig Knust
U-219 (Nachtdieb) enters Bergen on 30th October with two victory pennants flying from her conning tower.
We were the first to leave base for this patrol on the 2nd September. We travelled to our patrol co-ordinates without incident and had no contact with the enemy on transit to AD47.
During the early hours of the morning of the 19th September, all of the SMA mines onboard were deployed and all details were recorded and checked twice for accuracy.
On the morning of the 23rd September, we identified a lone British Motor Tanker. Once we surfaced at close range the gun crew sprung into action and fired off a couple of salvoes at the tanker. Considerable damage was done, but not enough for her to sink. A single G7e FaT ll was fired from the aft tube and whilst it hit, the damn tanker would not sink. We avoided any aircraft contact, whilst the gun crew were readied once more, this time sinking the British Purpose with one of the two salvoes fired. Nothing was retrieved from the tanker, as there was no room below decks to store anything.
Between the 26th and 29th of September, we re-supplied five U-boats: U-787 took on fuel, diesel parts and all of our spare torpedoes, the U-52 took some deck gun parts and fuel, the U-129 took flak gun parts and fuel, the U-106 and the U-77 all took on fuel only. A lone Grumman Wildcat nearly got us after re-supplying the U-129. Both boats managed to crash dive in time, but it was a close thing.
Contact was made with another British Motor Tanker during the afternoon of the 2nd October. After the gun crew fired off two salvoes, I sent in the boat to retrieve any boxed goods and crates with the boat hooks. A few cases of food and other provisions were retrieved from the ship and stored below where there was now room; some of the parts had been shifted and all of the surplus fuel and torpedoes had been transferred. The Regent Lion was finished off with a G7e FaT ll, which finally sank off the North American coast. The Nachtdieb was fairly full and I was looking forward to finding out what we had actually recovered.
Between the 4th and 7th of October we were contacted regarding very specific parts that were needed, but unfortunately we had none aboard and the same story happened during the following week, until we managed to transfer some periscope parts to the U-247 on the 14th October.
During the evening of the 24th October, there was a minor panic when the watchman thought we had strayed into a minefield, but luckily for us he was mistaken and unluckily for him he took a short October bath in the Atlantic.
The few days of peace that followed was rudely interrupted during the afternoon of the 27th October; A Swordfish had been spotted and it was due to the speed of Knollmann sounding the alarm and forcing a crash dive before the plane could strafe us.
We made no further contacts and there was no further engagement with enemy ships or planes. We continued on our way back to Bergen.
The rest of the passage to Bergen was uneventful and we arrived back at base on the morning of 30th October 1943
After shore leave and re-supply, U-219 will be ready to resume patrol in December.
KptLt Hans Schicklgruber
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Post by silentwolf on Apr 17, 2017 1:43:59 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: Fliegenklatsche U-789 Patrol Assignment: Atlantic (2nd Patrol) Patrol Date: September 1943 Successful Patrol: Yes
Number of Freighters Sank: 0 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 8,900 (16,300)
Ships Sank: September 14th, 1943 - Empire Viscount (T) 8900t
Ships Damaged: NA
Aircraft Destroyed/Damaged: NA
Refit Time: 2 Months, ready for patrol December 1943
Awards Requested: Iron Cross 2nd class for OltzS Adalbert Deecke U-Boat War Badge for Crew
Notes: U-789 will be converted from a Type VIIC FK to a standard Type VIIC
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Post by keyboy on Apr 17, 2017 10:12:25 GMT
October 1, 1943, Gentleman, from my quick glances at the reports you did well this month, sinking 8,900 tons of shipping, and 1 hull and some encouraging reports from the U-219 Nachtdieb which is still out on patrol.. The first round tonight is on me. The second round will be supplied by the crew of the U-789 Fliegenklatsche. The third round will be supplied by OltzS Adalbert Deecke, who has been awarded the Iron Cross first class. The fourth round will be funded by the crew of the U-789 Fliegenklatsche, who have been awarded the U-Boat War Badge. AwardsKnight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and DiamondsNone Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsNone Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesNone Knight's CrossNone Iron Cross 2nd ClassNone Iron Cross 1st Class OltzS Adalbert Deecke U-Boat War Badge To the Crew of: U-789 FliegenklatschePromotionsNone
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