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Laughing Swordfish · 08-13-06, 10:38 PM

Cox is a good lad, not much of an upbringing, his father was killed early in his boyhood, by a tram in Aachen, a beautiful border town that we once visited when I was young; a young energetic boy when he came to the sea, and found his way to u-bootschule, and he found me and U-46

It's like a name and his job.

His real name is Leo Kochsens. He's another one I can count on. Everytime we dock if he hasn't got a scam going, he is disappearring towards the railyard with Reuben. I know where they're going most times, because their kit bags are full of food and stuff from the boat, including some toys made by the boys in the fore-ends in their spare moments.

He turned out to be brilliant at organising men and tasks because he had a particular energy and way with organisation that we at Kiel, who were concentrating on all the intricacies of a u-boat attack, never had or failed to notice.

I didn't. And on that proud day that U-46 was given to me for trials, I picked Otto and Bruno and Kochsens as my first three allowed choices. People like Christian, Willi and Oscar transferred over later during our sea trials.

Anyway on our first patrol, a long timer (on his last patrol) told us that the British equivalent (near enough) for Leo's job is 'coxswain'

The job of dashing around the boat and making sure everything was done seemed familiar enough, but the name was so similar sounding that we just had to give Leo the British abbreviation for the job and name of 'Cox'

Already with the clasp, a good lad to have on your boat,

LS

08-13-06, 10:38 PM	#416
Laughing Swordfish Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 713 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Cox is a good lad, not much of an upbringing, his father was killed early in his boyhood, by a tram in Aachen, a beautiful border town that we once visited when I was young; a young energetic boy when he came to the sea, and found his way to u-bootschule, and he found me and U-46 It's like a name and his job. His real name is Leo Kochsens. He's another one I can count on. Everytime we dock if he hasn't got a scam going, he is disappearring towards the railyard with Reuben. I know where they're going most times, because their kit bags are full of food and stuff from the boat, including some toys made by the boys in the fore-ends in their spare moments. He turned out to be brilliant at organising men and tasks because he had a particular energy and way with organisation that we at Kiel, who were concentrating on all the intricacies of a u-boat attack, never had or failed to notice. I didn't. And on that proud day that U-46 was given to me for trials, I picked Otto and Bruno and Kochsens as my first three allowed choices. People like Christian, Willi and Oscar transferred over later during our sea trials. Anyway on our first patrol, a long timer (on his last patrol) told us that the British equivalent (near enough) for Leo's job is 'coxswain' The job of dashing around the boat and making sure everything was done seemed familiar enough, but the name was so similar sounding that we just had to give Leo the British abbreviation for the job and name of 'Cox' Already with the clasp, a good lad to have on your boat, LS Last edited by Laughing Swordfish; 09-02-06 at 05:07 AM.