Photographs courtesy of the Lothar-Gunther Bungheim Collection, Schatzburg Institute of Art and Design, Berlin
Part IV:
Wilhem "Willy" Wonke, Chief engineer of U-36. An aspiring singer, Wonke had plans to persue a career in the opera after the war. Sadly, this did not come to pass as Wonke would later be transferred to the cursed U-666 which was lost with all hands while on a top secret mission to Greenland.
A stylized tulip with red stem and green bulb adorned the conning tower of U-36. The boat's crew were nicknamed "Der Ausschuss Kinder" due to the crew being composed mainly of underperforming naval academy grads and derelicts with disciplinary issues. Nevertheless, U-36 would make history.
End of Part IV