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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday, 18 April 1943 (Palm Sunday) - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholtz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) Our 17.Armee attacked the Soviet bridgehead at Novorossiysk in southern Russia.
b) 47 P-40 and 12 Spitfire fighters intercepted a large Axis air convoy off Tunisia, claiming to have shot down 24 German transport aircraft, 10 German and some Italian fighters.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) Outward bound U 732 (Oblt. Claus-Peter Carlsen) sighted 5 steamers in AE 78 at 1954. According to later reports the convoy was steering a course of 220°, speed 8 knots. The boats U 209 (Kptlt. Heinrich Brodda) and U 648 (Oblt.d.R. Peter Arthur Stahl) in the vicinity according to reckoning were detailed to operate, at 2320 per F.T.2251/18/181.
U 732 attacked towards 0100 and sank an ammunition ship of 5,000 GRT in AE 7792. The boat was forced to submerge by aircraft and destroyers and was attacked with bombs and depth charges. In AE 7768 the enemy altered course to 150°. There was no contact by the boats engaged. Further reports have not been received. The ships probably belong to the Reykjavik section of the ON convoy at present at sea. However, the presence of an ammunition ship contradicts this supposition (so, either ONS.3 or HX.234). The operation continues.
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Monday,
19 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholtz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) In Hamburg, Traute Lafrenz was sentenced to a one-year prison term for her involvement with the White Rose resistance group.
b) Waffen-SS used tanks and other heavy weapons to counter the uprising in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) The boats
U 648 (Oblt.d.R. Peter Arthur Stahl) and U 209 (Kptlt. Heinrich Brodda) detailed for operations on U 732's (Oblt. Claus-Peter Carlsen) report, have received orders at 1129 per F.T.1046/19/103 to continue operations if conditions make surprise enemy attacks appear unlikely and success probable. Up to 1900 all boats including U 954 (Kptlt. Odo Loewe) which also went after the convoy, had broken off operations owing to air activity and unfavorable weather conditions. The operation is therefore broken off.
At 2231
U 648 (Oblt.d.R. Peter Arthur Stahl) is ordered per F.T.2148/19/122, to occupy AK 34 as temporary attack area.
b) U 217 (VIID; Kptlt. Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke) has put out on special duties (Minelaying off Lands End).
c) U 175 (KrvKpt. Heinrich Bruns) put out of Nazaire on 10.4 and was detailed to operate on Convoy No. 27 (HX.233) immediately on leaving the Biscay area. The boat reported for the last time at 1057 on 17.4 with a short contact signal. Position at this time was about BE 46. As repeated requests have not been answered its loss must be presumed. The convoy was heavily escorted by air and surface forces.
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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115