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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Purely out of curiosity........Wasn't there documentation (in the early days of the conflict) of merchants being boarded prior to sinking and foodstuffs being taken off :hmm:
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Yes!
I remember a book about numerous u-boat mens' adventures. Each chapter was from a different man's experience. From plain seamen to ace kaleuns.
One chapter was about a u-boat early in the war who had stopped a cargo ship and sent over a boat for fresh bread and other foodstuffs. They thought they were safe from aircraft attack, but a aircraft did show up and started bombing them. Several u-boat men were still on the ship and the u-boat dived to evade with the ship's lifeboat still tied to her wintergarden! Then the attacking bomber tried too hard to score a hit on the submerged sub and he crashed into the sea. The u-boat surfaced, picked up her missing crew, a gravely wounded British pilot and then sunk the merchant ship.
Quite a tale.