RIP Alfons Kruppa

VonApist · 06-13-11, 04:17 PM

November 1943 and U129 and its Kaleun, Alfons Kruppa perished close to the Gibraltar Straits... Attacked and damaged by air, U129 could not escape its fate when attacked at night by 3 Tommie destroyers. After 7 hours of hide and seek, U129 flooded at 215m depth and took its crew to their watery graves, after sinking 520,000 tons of shipping from September 1939 onwards....

Sad, sad,sad
I might write a report, at least the end was heroic

Fish In The Water · 06-14-11, 02:36 PM

Very sad indeed. RIP to the gallant crew!

06-13-11, 04:17 PM	#1
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	RIP Alfons Kruppa November 1943 and U129 and its Kaleun, Alfons Kruppa perished close to the Gibraltar Straits... Attacked and damaged by air, U129 could not escape its fate when attacked at night by 3 Tommie destroyers. After 7 hours of hide and seek, U129 flooded at 215m depth and took its crew to their watery graves, after sinking 520,000 tons of shipping from September 1939 onwards.... Sad, sad,sad I might write a report, at least the end was heroic __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

06-14-11, 02:36 PM	#2
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Very sad indeed. RIP to the gallant crew!