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Krupp · 11-06-06, 07:42 AM

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Kaleun_Saxi wrote:

" It can't be that my officers on board have the same rank than me!!!!"

quote from: http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-128INT.htm

"The commanding officer, Oberleutnant Hermann Steinert, was on his first patrol as a commander...
...Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Sterzing, executive officer on U-128, though of the same term (1936) as his commanding officer, outranked him due to a promotion received on the last patrol...."

So no need to feel sad if your IWO outranks you. It happened...must have been awkward situation tho. " Reports on the Interrogation of Survivors of U-boats" are really interesting stuff to read. Great stories and tons of details.

K

11-06-06, 07:42 AM	#21
Krupp Weps Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	S! Kaleun_Saxi wrote: " It can't be that my officers on board have the same rank than me!!!!" quote from: http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-128INT.htm "The commanding officer, Oberleutnant Hermann Steinert, was on his first patrol as a commander... ...Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Sterzing, executive officer on U-128, though of the same term (1936) as his commanding officer, outranked him due to a promotion received on the last patrol...." So no need to feel sad if your IWO outranks you. It happened...must have been awkward situation tho. " Reports on the Interrogation of Survivors of U-boats" are really interesting stuff to read. Great stories and tons of details. K __________________ "Gentlemen, we have no choice. Total engagement. Die with dignity."