POW report crew of U-97
U-97 was sunk by gunfire from SS Empire Sun(large tanker) 17JUL41.
Oblt. Ernst Walzer(knights cross) and 14 crew members rescued from sinking u-boat.
In seven patrols U-97 sank 21 ships for 106,016 tons.
Ernst Walzer was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. Walzer became a successful businessman in Hamburg. He died on 28 September 1996.
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