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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Monday,
12 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholtz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) The Führer named Martin Bormann his secretary.
b) Our troops announced the discovery of over 4,000 bodies of Polish officers, reportedly deported by the Soviets in 1940, in a mass grave at Katyn, near Smolensk.
c) British RAF Desert Air Force assumed leadership roles in Operation Flax in North Africa. On the ground, troops of British 8th Army captured Sousse, Tunisia.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) U 181 (IXD2; KrvKpt. Wolfgang Lüth) gave wounded men over to U 516 (KrvKpt. Gerhard Wiebe).
b) U 303 (Kptlt. Karl-Franz Heine) passed the Straits of Gibraltar and, therefore, has entered the area under the command of Senior Officer U-boats, Mediterranean.
c) According to a report from the British Station Daventry regarding the destruction of (U 444 Oblt. Albert Langfeld) and U 432 (Kptlt. Hermann Eckhardt) the following information has been obtained: U 444 was attacked near Convoy No. 16 (HX-228) by British destroyer "Harvester" with depth charges and later, when she had to surface, rammed. The destroyer was also damaged in this engagement. The French corvette "Aconit" hurried to her assistance, firing with guns on the boat, which was surfaced, and sinking her after further ramming.
The damaged destroyer "Harvester" the next morning was completely out of action and had to stop. She was sunk shortly after by U 432 with 2 torpedoes. The "Aconit" which had hurried to the scene sighted the U-boat on the surface and sank her by gunfire and ramming, after she had submerged for a short time and been attacked by depth charges. 29 men in all were rescued from the two boats.
B-Dienst Report:
a) According to Italian decypher, SC 126, expected by Group "Meise", was in position BB 8851 at 2100 on the 9th April, course about 90°, speed 7.5 knots.
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