Oblt Rolf Stegmeyer - R.I.P.
 

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2 patrols- 4 merchants sunk - 23,290 tons

Oblt Heinrich Beck - R.I.P.
 

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5 patrols - 20 merchants sunk -85,281 tons

Oblt Oskar Pilsner
 

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3 patrols - 7 merchants sunk - 41,165 tons

My post on the first page has been update with Patrol 8 results..... very boring patrol. Cant wait until the hunters get a bit better. Evaded 4 DDs in 120m of water... YAAAWWWN. :D (becareful what I wish for ... thier time is comming)

Use stealth and strike quick for the dreaded Death Card could be yours..

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Name: LUDWIG LUCHS
Date of Birth: 08FEB18
Place of Birth: KLATTAU/TSCHECHIEN
Date of Intake: 01APR37 (CREW 37)

Promotions
15JAN38 SEEKADETT
01JAN39 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01DEC39 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAY40 LEUTNANT Z. S.
25FEB42 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
25FEB42 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
05JUN42 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
17MAR43 KNIGHT'S CROSS (Posthumous)

Badges
25FEB42 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
05JUN42 U-BOAT BADGE

U-Bootwaffe Postings
24AUG40 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
02JAN42 2nd Flotilla (4 war patrols completed)

U-Boat Commands
02JAN42 U-161, Type IXC (4 war patrols completed)

Details of Loss
U-161 left Lorient for its 5th war patrol on 13 FEB 43 to patrol DC79, NE of the Bahamas. The last report received from U-161 on 07 MAR 43 placed the boat in DD39 with ETA at the patrol area 20 MAR 43. It reported the boat had sunk 9 ships totalling 41,741 tons, mostly just north of the Azores, and had taken damage from repeated aircraft attacks.

Oberleutnant z. S. Ludwig Luchs and U-161 are presumed lost somewhere between Bermuda and the Bahamas sometime after 07 MAR 43. American sources claim a U-boat sunk by aircraft in this area on 17 MAR 43.

Summary
5 war patrols, 212 sea days
43 ships sunk, 230,806 tons

We are sorry for your loss
 

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Oberleutnant z. S. Ludwig Luchs and U-161 are presumed lost somewhere between Bermuda and the Bahamas sometime after 07 MAR 43. American sources claim a U-boat sunk by aircraft in this area on 17 MAR 43.

Summary
5 war patrols, 212 sea days
43 ships sunk, 230,806 tons

This loss has been registered with bdu HERE.

:o That's the Kaleun portrait I'm using in my current career. I'm off to knock on wood or something. :D

:o Quite dapper looking. Let's hope he don't share thr
fate of his twin...

BDU is pleased to report
 

No U-Boat losses since Oblt.

Name: LUDWIG LUCHS
Date of Birth: 08FEB18
Place of Birth: KLATTAU/TSCHECHIEN
Date of Intake: 01APR37 (CREW 37)

was reported lost with his crew of 37. It appears that our
brave men are becoming more accomplished at their duties.

Or are they just not as aggressive against our enemies as they
should be?

I'm actually in the process of downloading all of the portraits from uboat.net. I'll be releasing them as an add-on to SH3 commander so we can have a bit more variety.

Why didn't I think of that? Great idea & I will be looking forward to your release. Maybe I can even hook it into to SHA under your name with credit to Uboat.net. Let me know what you think.

Cool idea! Additions to Commander are always welcome.:sunny:

Portrait additions would be very cool :yeah:

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Name: WALTER WEIL
Date of Birth: 06OCT18
Place of Birth: TETSCHEN
Date of Intake: 01APR37 (CREW 37)

Promotions
12DEC37 SEEKADETT
01NOV38 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV40 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01APR41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
06FEB43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.

U-Bootwaffe Postings
17APR42 1st Flotilla (Commander training)
01FEB43 2nd Flotilla

U-Boat Commands
01FEB43 U-190, Type IXC/40

Details of Loss
U-190 left Kiel for its first war patrol on 21 FEB 43 to patrol AM11 and was lost sometime on 06 MAR 43, NW of Scotland, probably due to air attack. U-190 had reported sinking 5 ships totalling 28,601 tons.

Summary
1 war patrol, 14 sea days
5 ships sunk, 28,601 tons