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Old 07-12-10, 03:24 PM   #28
Doolar
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Career : 1 ( 02 Aug 1939 )
Captain : Erwin Duschek
U-Boat # : U-45 (2nd Flotilla / Wilhelmshaven)
U-Boat Type : Type VIIb
Patrol # : DiD - sunk on Patrol 6
Date : 25 Jul 1940
Patrol Details : After 5 complete patrols . I though I was good ! Got orders for CG84 ( I'm not 100% sure on CG84 , but its pretty close ) After 10 days in that grid, I inched alot closer to Gibraltar and was nailing these small 4 ship convoys , for 11 ships . I surfaced to Deck Gun a lone cargo ship . And man did get hit ! ( I use the Q-Ship Mod ) . Dove and couldn't recover .
Tonnage on Patrol 6 : 35,992 tons
Total Career Tonnage : 118,047 tons ( 34 ships )
Fate : Sunk and all hands lost , 25 Jul 1940 in operations around Gibraltar ( CG 89 )

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EDITED !
Career : 2 ( 02 Aug 1939 )
Captain : Paul Sander
U-Boat # : U-27 ( 2nd Flotilla / Wilhelmshaven , Lorient )
U-boat Type : Type VIIb
Patrol # : Sunk on Patrol 8
Current Date : 13 Sept 1940
Patrol Details : Departed Wilhelmshaven 21 Jul 40 on my 7th patrol for DJ 15 . Ran into some nasty weather and a ship here and there , took some shots , hit some and missed some . I spent 10 days in DJ 15 and was low on torpedos , fuel was still OK . Desided to head south , trace the shipping lanes and hit the " CURRIENTES " in the Canary Islands for a day , for a resupply job . And from that point i'm now on Patrol 8 . I've also been ordered to return to Lorient . I manually set a new patrol grid of CG89 ( I liked that one) . Depthcharged by 2 Destroyers and sunk , attacking convoy in CG 89 .
Current Tonnage : 0
Total Career Tonnage : 180,578 tons ( 40 ships )
Fate : Sunk and all hands lost on Patrol 8 in CG89

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I'm glad to share thin info with someone ( I don't think my wife is to interested in it ) . I keep a log book on each patrol ........ Jerry

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