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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Saturday, 13 March 1943 - Kristiansand
Raising boat from sea bottom. Surfaced and approaching Kristiansand.
0849 - A Class 36A Destroyer is protecting the harbor entry. Entered Kristiansand via the southern approach path. Many fishing trawlers in Kristiansand roadsted; Manning flak guns.
0945 - Made fast Kristiansand - Maviken. (Fuel and lubrication oil, and fresh water supply).
1200 - Days Run: 176.2 nm
2303 - F.T. from B.d.U.: O.K.W.-Report:
A Chinese counter attack pushes the Japanese back across the Yangtze River.
(Off the record: The Führer visited Günther von Kluge's field headquarters at Smolensk. Anti-Hitler conspirators spoke to von Kluge beforehand, but they could not convince von Kluge to take action to arrest Hitler. Without von Kluge's help, the conspirators acted on their own, sneaking fused bombs disguised as brandy bottles aboard Hitler's aircraft, which took off for Rastenburg/Berlin, after dinner. The bombs failed to explode, and the conspirators had to take the risk, successfully, to retrieve the bottles before they were discovered.)
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday,
14 March 1943 - Kristiansand-Maviken
10 cbm fuel oil, lubrication oil and fresh water taken on.
Received Op.-Orders and intel briefing:
I. The Russian BI-3 rocket-powered prototype aircraft took its second flight at Sverdlovsk Oblast (modern day Yekaterinburg), in Russia.
II. US Terror bombers of the US 8th Air Force bombed Kiel.
III. After the successful convoy battles in the North Atlantic against convoys SC.121 and HX.228, the next big convoy battle operations against the two following convoys SC.122 and HX.229 are shaping up.
a) Outbound transit via Iceland Passage and Qu.5269AL.
b) Aerial reconnaissance is to be expected in the entire area of the Iceland Passage (although, some boats have made no mention of the fact). Mines and surface patrols were only occasionally encountered.
c) Submerge for about 30 minutes on confirmation of a/c radar (also, by Magic Eye).
d)
Op.area:
1) As part of Group Seehund (2nd wave), Cape Town area, Mozambique Strait and Indian Ocean, East of Madagascar.
2) According to KTB of 8.3 para III U 509 was detailed to operate on traffic in the area north of Cape Town and received freedom of movement for this purpose. Supplying of "Seehund" boats is planned to take place in approximately lower third of DG. The Commander (Kptlt. Werner Witte) will decide whether the return passage is to take place with or without replenishment, according to the number of torpedoes and the traffic situation.
3) As of 8 March, the area of Route "A" east of Cape Town has been extended as follows: The boundary now runs from FM 4957 via GZ 7644, JK 8254, JC 1432 and KG 6876 then to the west as far as the African coast.
4) Return port is Bordeaux.
1618 - Casting off Kristiansand - Maviken
N3/2, clear, visibility 7sm, >1000.
Leaving Kristiansand via the northern transit path. Again many fishing trawlers in Kristiansand roadsted; Manning flak guns.
1721 - Qu.3869AN - Departed in convoy (with U-191; IXC/40; Kptlt. Helmut Fiehn). Entered transit path. During transit, some fishing trawlers cross the transit path.
1825 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged.
2047 - Reached exit point of transit path.
2054 - Qu.3891AN - Course 270°.
2302 -
F.T. from B.d.U.:
O.K.W.-Report:
Our armoured forces recapture Charkow. The British Submarine Thunderbolt (ex. Thetis), was sunk by the Italian Corvette Cicogna off Capo San Vito, Sicily.
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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115