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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Tuesday, 13 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholtz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) US bombers attacked Italian airfields at Castelvetrano and Trapani, Sicily, claiming to have destroyed 11 Italian and 8 German aircraft and damaging 16 Italian and 40 German aircraft, at the cost of only 2 B-17 bombers.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) U 455 (Kptlt. Hans-Martin Scheibe) kept a rendezvous last night off Las Palmas with Woermann tug and took on the crew of U 167 (KrvKpt. Kurt Sturm).
B-Dienst Report:
a) The Italian report regarding position of SC 126, being at 2100 on the 9th April in BB 8851, has been confirmed by our own special intercept message.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115 |
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Wednesday,
14 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholtz; ex U 108) -
Daily F.d.U. Briefing
O.K.W.-Report:
a) Stalin's son Yakov Dzhugashvili dies in one of our prisoner camps after his father refused to make a deal to secure his release. Apparantly, he committed suicide by running into the electric fence surrounding the camp, and supposedly, was also shot by a prison guard.
b) Our thrust southeast of Leningrad, is pushed back by the Soviet 14th Army.
c) The remnants of "Tobruch" Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of the Italian Navy begin to arrive in Italy from Tunisia.
B.d.U.-Report:
a) While entering Lorient escorted by a Sperrbrecher, U 526 (Kptlt. Hans Möglich) struck a mine and sank in a matter of seconds at a depth of 8 meters. The boat was proceeding at a distance apart of 300 meters, as ordered. By contrast with earlier cases observed (particularly high water columns with mine detonations) a surprisingly low black explosive column only was seen up to about the level of the conning tower.
It seems possible that this is a new type of mine which is directed only against U-boat escorts and was possibly laid by some vessel from Lorient, and therefore, that this may involve sabotage. The point in question - the fairway channel at "Trois Pierres" - is passed daily by numerous vessels outward and inward bound. No laying of mines by aircraft has been observed in the last year, and is considered a very difficult task in view of the heavy flak defence.
Investigations will be carried out by the Flotilla and the Officer Commanding Western Defences.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115