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Lieutenant Sr. Günter Schorsch and U-139 surrendered to the Allies on 07MAR44. Günter Schorsch was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war.
17 patrols from 09OCT42 30th/33rd Flotilla. Type IID
49 Merchants 8 warships sunk.
On the last patrol a small Russian convoy South of Feodosia escorted by 6 escorts lost a Troopship, and two escorts. 4 remaining escorts found U-139 in 35m water already had taken sever damage and flooding. Unable to escape and evade, the event dismissed the possibility of obtaining a XXI in the 10th flotilla.
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