Lzs von swe
08-06-06, 04:55 PM
West off Casablanca, 7 Dec. 1943, 0800.
U77, a VIIc from the 7th, lost 2 officers and 1 petty officer plus the starboard diesel, radio and radar antennas and half off the diesel fuel. Why? Because kapitänleutnant Neuner did not run a full set off tests on the boat before leaving in patrol:damn: He tested all speed settings, rudder, crash dived, dived to 275m and he found the attack scope to be blurry. But when he got attacked by 2 Catalina's the flack gunners took down 1 with their Flakvierling only to find the reload mechanism to be broken. 4 more Catalina's joined the party and no maneuvering could save the boat from being hit. U77 made it back to St Nazaire the 18 Dec with 23% hi and only 1 Catalina downed. After all repairs and fitting the boat with the latest technical achievments its now Mar 13 -44 and U77 is going for her 21st patrol and Neuner will now run a complete sea trial on the boat to see what sh3 com has thrown at him this time:up:
U77, a VIIc from the 7th, lost 2 officers and 1 petty officer plus the starboard diesel, radio and radar antennas and half off the diesel fuel. Why? Because kapitänleutnant Neuner did not run a full set off tests on the boat before leaving in patrol:damn: He tested all speed settings, rudder, crash dived, dived to 275m and he found the attack scope to be blurry. But when he got attacked by 2 Catalina's the flack gunners took down 1 with their Flakvierling only to find the reload mechanism to be broken. 4 more Catalina's joined the party and no maneuvering could save the boat from being hit. U77 made it back to St Nazaire the 18 Dec with 23% hi and only 1 Catalina downed. After all repairs and fitting the boat with the latest technical achievments its now Mar 13 -44 and U77 is going for her 21st patrol and Neuner will now run a complete sea trial on the boat to see what sh3 com has thrown at him this time:up: