anyone sen these cool pics of u124?

[Bungo_Pete]

The boat of ww2 IMHO.Some good ones of dunedin too,man you can almost touch these guys...little be-knownst to them the fate that befell them all.


http://www.hmsdunedin.co.uk/u-1241.htm

[_Seth_]

Hi bungo! Nice find! Excellent pictures, mate!! :up:

[danlisa]

Is that a daisy on the side this boat? Real life Bernard:o
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/82/triumphantreturntoportta8.jpg

[Respenus]

Is that a daisy on the side this boat? Real life Bernard:o
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/82/triumphantreturntoportta8.jpg

:o:o:o

It is! The legend of Bernard trully is true!

Run! :doh:

[Kingcobra24]

Actually, people familiar with the emblems of the various historically well-known U-boats will recognize the "daisy" as being an "eidelweiss".

:lurk:

[Tachyon]

Do you happen to have a picture of the Graf Spee by any chance?

[Jmack]

daisy and edelweis are the same thing right ?

[Kingcobra24]

Do you happen to have a picture of the Graf Spee by any chance?

http://www.grafspee.com/

http://www.feldgrau.com/grafspee.html

Simply use GOOGLE.

:lurk:

[Tachyon]

Do you happen to have a picture of the Graf Spee by any chance?
http://www.grafspee.com/

http://www.feldgrau.com/grafspee.html

Simply use GOOGLE.

:lurk:

I'll keep that in mind next time:oops:

[Ducimus]

OP, nice find.

daisy and edelweis are the same thing right ?

No, not even close.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

- The Edelweiss is the sign of German and Austrian alpine troops, granted to them in World War I for their bravery.

- During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms. The flower was supposed to be the sign of a "true soldier" in the Wehrmacht as it grows only in rugged terrain, generally above the tree line.


http://uboat.net/boats/u124.htm
The emblem of U-124, the Edelweiss, was inspired by the loss of U-64 in April, 1940 as the boats were largely manned by the same crew, including the commander and saved from the Norwegian waters by members of the German mountain troops using that same emblem.

[AG124]

According to the book Grey Wolf, Grey Sea (E.B. Gasaway), the crew of U-124 decided to adopt the Edelweiss as their insignia because the German troops in Norway who helped rescue them from the sinking of their first sub (U-64, I think) had it as their insignia. It is a type of mountain flower which grew in the region, apparently.

When Schultz (U-124's first commander) stopped to help the crew of the Lake Ship SS Trevisa, her captain used the Edelweiss insignia to locate Schultz to meet with and thank him after the war.:yep:

EDIT - Didn't see that last post Ducimus. Sorry.:oops: :damn:

[Jimbuna]

The boat of ww2 IMHO.Some good ones of dunedin too,man you can almost touch these guys...little be-knownst to them the fate that befell them all.


http://www.hmsdunedin.co.uk/u-1241.htm

Yeah she's a beauty...and actually the boat I am driving at the moment in GW1.1a..,the emblem (eidelweiss) has already been covered :up:

[_Seth_]

@ danlisa: Did you know about the daisy on this pic before you did the excellent repaint...? Or can you see into the future.... :rotfl:Ps: I wouldnt have discovered the daisy if you havent told us...!! :up:

[danlisa]

I found this image after 'Bernards Daisy' boat when I was looking for weathered effects for my IX skins.....
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2894/eidelweissandcrewtw9.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Do you happen to have a picture of the Graf Spee by any chance?

Here's a one I took earlier :up:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/4629/sh3seq001000020up7.png (http://imageshack.us)