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Originally Posted by Von Rondstadd
I found a detailed discription about the attack! Regards!
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Thanks for that interesting info! Interestingly, Your father's vessel, the
Laertes, was the
only one of Dutch registry of the 25 ships sunk by U109 and u-boot ace, Heinrich 'Ajax' Bleicherodt (152,320 tons). Bleicherodt, an old school officer, famously refused to wear
his Knights Cross unless his IWO, Oblt.z.See Suhren, received one as well, he, having done the
actual shooting. U109 did not fare well either. The IXB was sunk with all hands 4/may/1943 SW of Ireland by a Liberator...all hands lost under the command of Oblt.z.See Schramm after a second
seven day patrol. Bleicherodt himself survived the war as KorvettenKapitän, chief of UbootFlotilla 22.
