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Sunday, 13 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
On Sept.12, 2222h, "Laconia" had sent the following radio on the 600 meters-frequency: "SSS SSS 0434 South / 1125 West Laconia torpedoed."
Today, at 0125h, U 156 sent the following radio message:
"Sunk by Hartenstein British "Laconia". Grid FF 7721 310 degrees. Unfortunately with 1,500 Italian POW's. Till now 90 fished. 157 cubic meters (oil). 19 eels (torpedoes), trade wind, ask for orders.", and again ...
... at 0600h, the uncoded message on the 25 meters-frequency:
"If any ship will assist the ship-wrecked 'Laconia'-crew, I will not attack providing I am not being attacked by ship or air forces. I picked up 193 men. 4, 53 South, 11, 26 West. - German submarine."
U 156 (Hartenstein) has been ordered to remain at the position of the sinking. U 506 (Würdemann) and U 507 (Schacht) are making for there at maximum speed to take over survivors. Fast French ships have left Bingerville and Dakar, to take over survivors which are in the U-boats or still in lifeboats. Remaining boats of Group "Eisbär" are continuing their passage south.
Today, 446 British bombers attacked Bremen, damaging the Lloyd dynamo works, the Focke-Wulf factory, 7 historical buildings, 6 schools, and 2 hospitals; 70 civilians were killed; 21 enemy bombers were shot down.
At Stalingrad, the Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division attacked our postitions in heavy fighting at Mamayev Hill and Railway Station No. 1, and will lose a third of its strength in the fighting.
Allied troops conducted an amphibious landing near Tobruk, Libya, for a raiding mission. Meanwhile, about 50 kilometers to the northeast, raiders of the British Long Range Desert Group, have begun to launch a raid against Barce, Libya.
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Tuesday, 15 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
At 1130h, U 506 (Würdemann), U 507 (Schacht) and "Cappellini", have taken over survivors from U 156 (Hartenstein), and have lifeboats in tow, including some Englishmen and Poles. Boats were ordered to cut the lifeboats with the Englishmen and Poles loose. A position check showed that AF 7752 was the point where "Laconia" sank. New rendezvous with French ships in FE 9695 on 17.9.
U 159 (Witte) will join Group "Eisbär" instead of U 156 (Hartenstein). It is intended to supply this group in CG 1999 from 22 Sept.
12 British Boston bombers attack Cherbourg, France, sinking whaling factory ship "Solglint" in the harbor.
French submarine "Junon" lands 10 British commandos and 2 Norwegian soldiers at the village of Glomfjord, Norway, at 2115 hours.
Italian frogmen enter Gibraltar harbor and attach limpet mines on British ship "Ravens Point", causing her to sink in shallow water shortly after.
Allied forces attack Jalo, Libya, after sun down; Our tropps, who had learned of this attack, repulse the initial attack with ease.
Hans-Joachim Marseille shoots down four P-40 fighters and three Hurricane fighters between 1651 and 1702 hours, southwest of El Alamein, Egypt, bringing his score up to 151 kills.
Our troops make repeated assaults at the Mamayev Kurgan hill in
Stalingrad; Heavy fighting causes heavy casualties on both sides. Elsewhere in the city, our infantry advance down the Tsaritsa River gorge, toward the Volga River.
KvtKpt.& A I op
(convoy staff office)