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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Wednesday, 7 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W. Report:
a) The Führer and Benito Mussolini began a four-day meeting near Salzburg, Austria, discussing the war effort.
b) Bolivia declared war on the Axis powers.
c) The Luftwaffe assigned 148 fighters to Jagdfliegerführer Sizilien.
d) Claus von Stauffenberg was seriously injured when his car was strafed by Allied aircraft in North Africa.
e) British and American troops linked up on the El Guettar-Gabès road in Tunisia, ending the Battle of El Guettar.
B.d.U. Report:
a) According to a report from the Attache Group, about 50 Germans have landed on the Canaries. These are the crew of U 167 (IXC/40) which was so badly damaged by a British aircraft in DH 96 that the Commanding Officer (KrvKpt. Kurt Sturm) had to scuttle the boat. The whole crew was rescued.
B-Dienst Report:
a) Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-) departed Argentia, Newfoundland bound for Philadelphia Navy Yard for emergency repairs to her aircraft catapult.
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Thursday,
8 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) US President Roosevelt froze wages and prices of utilities in order to prevent inflation. He also banned workers from changing jobs unless the switch would further the war effort.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) U 159 (Kptlt. Helmut Friedrich Witte) which is no longer operational owing to extensive damage sustained from a/c Wabos during attack of Wolfpack Seeräuber on convoy RS 3 off the coast of Spanish/Western Sahara, will be ordered to DG 69 and will rendezvous there with U 455 (Oblt. Hans-Martin Scheibe). It is intended to pick up the crew of U 167 (KrvKpt. Kurt Sturm) from the Canaries with U 455 and to transport them home later, some on each of these two boats.
b) U 203 (Kptlt. Hermann Kottmann; ex Mützelburg) sighted in BE 1689 a large vessel type "Queen Elizabeth" course S.W.; contact lost in view of high speed.
B-Dienst Report:
a) The first modified Lancaster ED765/G ("G" for "Guard" denoting the special security arrangements required) bomber was delivered to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire, England, for planned attacks against German dams.
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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115