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Originally Posted by Penguin
What sources did you look up? It helps if we post them, so we don't check the same ones over and over.
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Thank you for your interest Penguin. I'll certainly keep 'em coming.
All of my research, so far, has been online. I started with Google images, and branched out from there. I've hit all the obvious websites on uboats/modelling, including a couple of german sites. I don't speak german, but have picked up just enough over the years to get the gist of what I'm looking at, given enough time.
The only book I've checked was an online scan of Type VII U-Boats by David Westwood.
The only pic I can confirm from the above batches is one of U-295:
The vent pattern below the turm is clearly the Bremen-Vegesack pattern.
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Thank you Dougie Martindale)
The only pic I've found of U-297, is a pic of the bridge area on the surface. The pic shows the correct turm and fittings for a VIIC/41, but I'll have to confirm the kaleun in the pic is that of Wolfgang Aldegarmann.
EDIT: This is the only pic I could find listed as U-297. The chin is the correct shape, the width and height of the mouth above the chin, the nose appears correct. I'm going to say that this is correct. This pic tells me a bunch about the boat.
The small pic is Kurt Kraker, the 1st officer of U-297. Looks a great deal like the individual on the right.
I'll soon be ordering the booklet on the discovery of the U-297. Hopefully it will have some decent pics of her.
2nd Edit: The book arrived! While not as helpful as I'd hoped, it has cleared up a few questions I had.
The picture above is indeed u297, but the Kaleun is actually the shorter figure at the right and Kraker is wearing the peaked cap! The author confirmed this with Aldegarmann's widow.
It also led me to German Warships 1815 - 1945 Volume 2 by Groner. This book reportedly has the exact scuppers/limber holes used by this batch of VIIC/41s! Keeping my fingers crossed.