Four days before we were due to set out, Bergen was attacked by allied bombers, and while we downed several of them, the U-190 was heavily damaged. It will be in repair for several months.
BdU has decided to transfer me to a Type VIIC/41 boat, the U-1024. Command of the U-190 is to be given to another. With this, we lose even more of our former crew, but we shall keep our heads high as we patrols the waters around England and beyond! The U-1024 is an active sonar-equipped boat. We plan to make sparing use of it, as not to give our location away. Bernard wants to use it on icebergs. Why couldn't he have been amongst the old crew that we are leaving behind?
Last edited by Hans Uberman; 11-09-11 at 05:42 PM.
Reason: Changed new boat's number to be historically accurate
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