[Leandros]

Originally Posted by Leandros

U-515 - Oblt.z.S. Hans Jäger - 8th patrol - Oct. 1944 242355 - West of the Orkneys

Engine problems. The boat only achieves approx. half speed in both surfaced and submerged mode. We return to Trondheim.

Returned to Trondheim after patrol 9 on Dec. 23rd. Took 3 weeks to repair the engine problems that occured on patrol 8, we left for patrol 9 on the 17th.

This was a quickie! I had decided to take up position in the Orkneys-Shetland gap picking up loners. We came in from North-West. Almost there we received intelligence on a large convoy approaching our position from West and we established a nice position almost right in their course line. Finally, a convoy with less escort, only 1 J&K, 1 Hunt, 1 A&B, 2 Flower corvettes and 2 Black Swans. I had 3 Falkes and mostly fast air-driven torps. When all was over all the escorts were down together with 4 large transports, in all 40.000 tons. In that is not included 2 other large transports (Victory) we did not get credit for as it was too shallow so they were not registered as sunk. They just disappeared. Nice work in less than a week. Which Onkel Karl obviously appreciated, too. He gave me my diamonds.

The feeling of being launched on suicide missions is only increasing......