I feel terrible

IanC · 11-26-08, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutchie-one

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Originally Posted by IanC

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Originally Posted by Mikhayl

As far as German subs are concerned, it's been done only once (recorded at least), the captain survived the war only to be tried for warcrime and executed, not that good an ending.

In the novel Das Boot, Buchheim talks about a captain who shot up the life boats before they were lowered. Anybody know the historical validity of that story?

I think it is the U 515 under Werner Henke
Henke was shot trying to escape from a POW camp.

I will try to find it

Dutchie-one

Sorry wrong name it is Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U 852 together with 2 of his officers

From wiki;
'The sinking Peleus left a large debris field, amongst which were a number of survivors clinging to rafts and wreckage. This field would have betrayed the presence of the U-852 to aircraft and shipping patrolling the area, so Eck then controversially decided to destroy the wreckage with the use of hand grenades and automatic weapons.
As a result of this action, all but three of Peleus's crew perished.'

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