From BdU to Willenbtock radio message?

[Solonor]

I just got a radio message that was from: BdU to: Willenbrock.
Message is as follows:

Officer Only: Refuel in Vigo and proceed to La Spezia for transfer to 29. flotilla.


Is this for "fluff" only? Message to another u-boat? I just installed SH3 Commander and GW, so maybe that's why. I didn't see anywhere in the GW list that matched this kind of stuff though.

Can post an image when I get home from work if needed.

[bigboywooly]

Yes its just a filler message
One that makes you feel you are not alone out there
You will get a few from BDU or intercepts from other boats regarding sinkings

[Dowly]

It´s there just for the immersion. Willenbrock was the captain of the U-96 in real life and in the movie Das Boot. In the movie, they refueled in a vessel named Vigo and entered mediterranean after that to join the 29th flottille.

[HunterICX]

:stare: Pffff....Fake Msg spam I had last night

U-48 - U 43 where busy with an big ass convoy:nope: Not FAIR!

[Solonor]

Ah cool, thought so.

I guess these radio messaged follow some of the true events that happened in WW2? I got this message 1941/11/06, seems about the same time as it really did happen.

[Dowly]

Ah cool, thought so.

I guess these radio messaged follow some of the true events that happened in WW2? I got this message 1941/11/06, seems about the same time as it really did happen.

The Das Boot´s scenes arent all from the real life. Willembrock wasnt commanding U-96 anymore when it sank. If I recall right, U-96 was sunk in ´44/´45, yet it is ´41 in the movie. Yet that date cant be right, if they visited Vigo in real life. On November they came upon the other Uboat on the stormy weather, which is in the movie also. So, if they visited Vigo on 6th of November, they couldnt have encountered the other uboat (U-557 or 577 or something like that) in November, because they went straight to Gibraltar from Vigo.

[bigboywooly]

All you need to know for U96

http://uboat.net/boats/u96.htm

[Dowly]

Wow, didnt know this one:

In 1982, Willenbrock accompanied Wolfgang Pedersen and the Das Boot cast and crew as an advisor to the film.

[Sailor Steve]

Neither the book or the movie has much to do with real life, except to show what it was like on board. If you look at the reference bigboywooly posted http://uboat.net/boats/u96.htm you'll see that the real U-96 never went into the Mediterranean. Also, in the movie they don't go from Gibralter back to Vigo, they go straight home to La Rochelle (or was it La Pallice?).

[Rose]

Neither the book or the movie has much to do with real life, except to show what it was like on board. If you look at the reference bigboywooly posted http://uboat.net/boats/u96.htm you'll see that the real U-96 never went into the Mediterranean. Also, in the movie they don't go from Gibralter back to Vigo, they go straight home to La Rochelle (or was it La Pallice?).

I think you meant they don't from from Gibralter to La Spezia -- they go back to La Rochelle.

[Sailor Steve]

You're right, but I was actually replying to Dowly's comment about them going from Gibraltar to Vigo. Upon re-reading, I see he said they went straight to Gibraltar from Vigo, so I was wrong anyway.:oops: :rotfl:

[Solonor]

Ah cool, thought so.

I guess these radio messaged follow some of the true events that happened in WW2? I got this message 1941/11/06, seems about the same time as it really did happen.
The Das Boot´s scenes arent all from the real life. Willembrock wasnt commanding U-96 anymore when it sank. If I recall right, U-96 was sunk in ´44/´45, yet it is ´41 in the movie. Yet that date cant be right, if they visited Vigo in real life. On November they came upon the other Uboat on the stormy weather, which is in the movie also. So, if they visited Vigo on 6th of November, they couldnt have encountered the other uboat (U-557 or 577 or something like that) in November, because they went straight to Gibraltar from Vigo.


I wouldn't think so either, but I found this text (http://www.uboatwar.net/boote.htm) that to me, seems to describe the history of the real U-96. Here it says that on the 27'th/28'th it refueled in Vigo and on the 31'st of November it was spotted, got damaged and had to turn around. It was my understanding that this is what happened o the real U96, but I might be wrong.

This is why I believed the radio message seemed to come at the right time, some time in advance of this happening.

But I might be wrong.