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Klaus_Doldinger · 08-01-07, 02:30 PM

In may 1940, returning to Wilhelmshaven, I found once south of Ireland (BF11-BF12-BF13) a large convoy escorted only by an auxiliary cruiser. Once I sunk the cruiser, I spread terror 12 hours among the merchants, sinking 10 of them, more or less two thirds of the convoy, and many of them with the deck gun. I think also it was very strange to find such a weak escort so near from the english coast. Not a single destroyer or aeroplane came to stop the carnage. 87.000 tons went to the bottom. For a moment it became a bit boring that turkey shoot.

08-01-07, 02:30 PM	#5
Klaus_Doldinger Planesman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madrid, España Posts: 198 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	In may 1940, returning to Wilhelmshaven, I found once south of Ireland (BF11-BF12-BF13) a large convoy escorted only by an auxiliary cruiser. Once I sunk the cruiser, I spread terror 12 hours among the merchants, sinking 10 of them, more or less two thirds of the convoy, and many of them with the deck gun. I think also it was very strange to find such a weak escort so near from the english coast. Not a single destroyer or aeroplane came to stop the carnage. 87.000 tons went to the bottom. For a moment it became a bit boring that turkey shoot. __________________ OL zS. Siegfried Rollmann, U 108 in WaW IV, 6th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (111.829 BRT) Lt zS Klaus Doldinger (U 36), 4th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (50.713 BRT) SH3 Cmdr 3.1 GWX 3.0 GWX 16 Km atmosphere GWX no medals on crew GWX open hatch GWX Saint Nazaire, Schleuse and units OLC GUI 1.2.7 Thomsen´s sound Torpedo damage final Rubini´s lifeboats and debris D.i.D.