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Saturday, 21 November 1942 - Gotenhafen-Oxhöft
Work-up's and Trials with the U.A.K. (Kpt.z.S.R. BRÄUTIGAM), the 2nd Training Division (U.L.D.; Freg.Kpt.d.R. Ernst HASSHAGEN) and 22nd U-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Wilhelm Ambrosius):
Dry-Run Exercises with Machinery/Mechanics; Weapons; Torpedoes.
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Our Paratroop Engineer Battalion "Witzig" and Italian 1st Paratroop Battalion attacked British troops near Djebel Abjod, Tunisia; initially successful, the British counterattack later in the day.
Boats of Gibraltar Group reporting damage due to enemy countermeasures are: U 263 (Kptlt. Kurt Nölke), U 91 (Kptlt. Heinz Walkerling), U 752 (Kptlt. Karl-Ernst Schroeter) and U 510 (Korvkpt. Karl Neitzel). U 566 (Oblt. Gerhard Remus) as well as U 519 (Kptlt. Günther Eppen) was heavily damaged by an air attack on a convoy, she remained however, as did the boats named above, after damage had been partly repaired. Shortly before firing at convoy of U 519, U 564 (Oblt. Hans Fiedler; ex Suhren) was sighted by a 4 stack destroyer which dropped D/C's (1210 in CG 8758). Convoy composed of about 30 freighters of 5 - 6,000 GRT. U 515 (Kptlt. Werner Henke) picked up airplane radar bearing 500 miles W. of Gibraltar.
The heavy countermeasures against boats of the Gibraltar Group even in seaward areas necessitates a move even further westward. Placement from England and America. Boats in attack area of 25 miles depth:
U 92 - 495x; U 752 - 7311; U 653 - 4891; U 185 - 4796; U 86 - 7243; U 515 - 7291; U 510 - 7551; U 173 - 7199; U 103 - 7179; U 564 - 7465; U 263 - 7499; U 130 - 7444; U 566 - 7716; U 91 - 7758; U 519 - 7153.
All of the above in CG. Boats will make up the Group "Westwall".
U 511 (Kptlt. Friedrich Steinhoff) on return voyage, as further operation impossible according to the doctor's opinion.
U 517 (Kptlt. Paul Hartwig) bombed and heavily damaged by aircraft in BE 5945. At 1135 hours she reported in open text: Vent knocked out and boat is sinking rapidly. U 211 (Kptlt. Karl Hause) which was near by, given orders to make for the spot and expects to be there about 1900. 2 FW 200 type planes from the Air-Sea Rescue Group were sent out and will be at the attack area by dawn on 22 November.
U 518 (Kptlt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann) attacked convoy reported yesterday in BB 9515 at 0415 and sank a special ship of 10,000 tons as well as a tanker of 8,000 tons which evidently sank. Subsequently forced to submerge by gun fire then attacked by D/C's. Boat is scarcely able to dive and requests permission to return to port gradually. She received orders to return via BC 80 and BD 30.
U 155 (Kptlt. Adolf Cornelius Piening) took spare parts on board from U 118 (XB; KrvKpt. Werner Czygan).
Colonel General Eberhard von Mackensen replaces Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist as the commander of the 1.Panzerarmee.
U 648 (Oblt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts U.A.K.-Training at Kiel.
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Sunday,
22 November 1942 - Gotenhafen-Oxhöft
Work-up's and Trials with the U.A.K. (Kpt.z.S.R. BRÄUTIGAM), the 2nd Training Division (U.L.D.; Freg.Kpt.d.R. Ernst HASSHAGEN) and 22nd U-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Wilhelm Ambrosius):
Dry-Run Exercises with Machinery/Mechanics; Weapons; Torpedoes.
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Paul von Kleist is made the commanding officer of German Army Group A.
The encirclement of the 6th Army around Stalingrad, is completed when the Soviet 4th Mechanized Corps and the 4th Tank Corps meet at Kalach-na-Donu, after smashing through positions held by Romanian troops.
Upon asking returning "
Polar Bear Boats" whether they had enough fueland torpedoes and whether personnel and machinery were in condition for further operations,
U 159 (Kptlt. Helmut Friedrich Witte) and
U 504 (KrvKpt. Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske) reported they would be ready after taking on fuel provisions and torpedoes. U 159 was ordered to take on torpedoes and fuel from
U D 3 (ex Dutch submarine O 25; Krvkpt. Hermann Rigele) in ES 75. U 504 is returning to port since she
has only enough provisions for 15 days and she cannot be re-supplied in so short a time.
U 155 (Kptlt. Adolf Cornelius Piening) took up position of U 91 - CG 7758.
U 91 (Kptlt. Heinz Walkerling) operating in N.W. group of
"Westwall".
U 118 (XB; KrvKpt. Werner Czygan) is in DH 10 for the purpose of
refueling members of Group "Westwall".
U 92 (Oblt. Adolf Oelrich) was
depth charged by a search group in CG 8287.
U 566 (Oblt. Gerhard Remus)
cannot repair oil leaks and is returning.
U 608 (Kptlt. Rolf Struckmeier) is to look for rendezvous point where
air torpedoes can be taken from boats returning to port.
"Milkcow" U 462 (Oblt. Bruno Vowe) completed re-supply of
U 505 (Kptlt. Peter Zschech) and is returning because her stocks are used up. T
he watch officer wounded in the attack of 10 Nov 1942 is transferred to U-Vowe.
U 454 (Kptlt. Burckhard Hackländer) has taken on provisions from
"Milkcow" U 460 (Kptlt. Ebe Schnoor). Oil transfer impossible at the time because of
heavy seas.
U 211 (Kptlt. Karl Hause) has had no success so far in her s
earch for U 517 (Kptlt. Paul Hartwig). The 3 "FW 200" airplanes have likewise seen nothing.
We must consider the boat lost. Another airplane is scheduled for 23 November to exhaust all possibilities.
U 98 (Oblt. Kurt Eichmann) and
U 411 (Kptlt. Johann Spindlegger) must be considered lost in the area W. of Gibraltar. Both boats last reported on 10 November farther N.W. their meeting in CG is regarded with greatest skepticism.
They are considered to have been sunk by aircraft.
The British Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre (OIC) urges the staff of Government Code and Cypher School at
Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, to focus on
our new four-rotored Enigma machines.
U 648 (Oblt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts
U.A.K.-Training at Kiel.
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