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The Old Man
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On B.d.U.-Staff as 1. Admiralstabsoffizier operativ (A I op) 'Geleitzugs-Asto'
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+++++++ Friday, 04 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury Today marks the last sinking by one of our boats in the Gulf of Mexico (U 171, Kptlt. Günther Pfeffer; Mexican Steam Tanker 'Amatlan", about 60 miles off Tampico, Mexico; 10 torpedoes were expended on this attack!). The coast of Guyana, South America, has been added to the operational areas of our boats. Last month, the Allies have introduced a High Frequency Direction Finder device, called 'Huff-Duff'. With this technology, the enemy escorts are able to get a much more accurate fix on our transmitting U-boats, by means of simple triangulation. Often times, the boats in question are only a few miles from a convoy, yet perhaps out of radar range, but if two or more escorts have HF/DF contact, they are able get a quite accurate fix on the U-boat's position, at least good enough to considerably reducing the area needing to be to searched. This new technical development is heavily affecting our wolfpack tactics, as the radio communications are essentiel to gather the group into position, and imposing more strict radio silence will make the forming of wolfpacks a lot harder. The Bluie West Nine auxiliary station at Cruncher Island (Simiutak), Greenland, begins operations. It is guiding incoming aircraft toward Bluie West Eight airfield, and provides meteorological reports for the US Army Air Forces, patrolling the Atlantic. Today, 251 British bombers (98 Wellington, 76 Lancaster, 41 Halifax, and 36 Stirling) attacked Bremen, damaging or destroying 71 industrial buildings and 1,821 houses; Our Flak shot down 12 bombers. In Egypt, the New Zealand 5th Brigade and British 132nd Brigade, attacked our retreating Afrika Korps. RST KvtKpt.& A I op
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