Hi out there!
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Originally Posted by PhantomLord
Officers (chief officers like engineer, radioman, torpedo and so on) had to stay for a couple of days. Their duty was to write repair orders for dockyard crew, monitioring the work progress as well. Other crewmen could be called up for advanced training courses or something like that (learn new tactics, new technical things) or courses for to climb up a rank (maybe from .
Vacation was arranged in shifts. Around 50% of the whole crew had to stay, the others can do what they want - stay in port with all the bars and hookers, leave france to visit family at home...
By the way i don´t know if the vacation at home had to be requested or something. At least
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So far I knew the same.
The U-Boot crews have had 12 days holiday after a patrol. The Lion (Dönitz) has "ordered" a special train for his U-Boot men, which transport them to their "home" harbour, from were they take a train to hometown.
And normally you have to request for the holiday, only with Soldbuch and Urlaubsschein (ID-papers and holiday-sheet) you could proof that you not were away from troop without permisen! And the Urlaubsschein function like a train card ... they only haven´t to pay.
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Frank B. aus K