Scuttle The Boat !

[leeclose]

Wow no matter how bad ur day is commiting sideaways is not worth it maybe he ahd a headache:hmm:

[Krupp]

The boat in the picture is type IXC/40 U-550. Destroyed on April 16, 1944 by American destroyer escorts. Twelve Germans survived.

[Brag]

I like deck parties as long as my feet are dry
Who will dance with Bernard?

[leeclose]

Just as long as some one brought coffee and my smokes im a happy hunter

[Ducimus]

The commander of U505 commited suicide during a heavy depth charge attack?

That would be the Peter Zecsh (sp), he was universally hated by the crew of U505. They tossed his body overboard in a weighted down potato sack and the XO took command.

Originally Posted by Krupp

The boat in the picture is type IXC/40 U-550. Destroyed on April 16, 1944 by American destroyer escorts. Twelve Germans survived.

I was about to say, the sub in that picture is NOT u-505.
Edit:
Here is the conning tower of U505 at time of capture.

http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-505.htm
Looks nothing like the one posted above.

Its not early in the war either. U505 had 3 emblems
1. ) lion with axe under Axel-olaf Lowe.
2.) Axe with olympic rings under peter Zechs
3.) Sea shell under Harold Lange

[leeclose]

There was a skipper in the RN nuke fleet(ssbn's) referred to as the pink pig there are many a nuke queen(RN slang for ssbn crew) who would have happily shot him for free

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Henri II

Looking at this picture I wonder if it still has those bullet holes, or if the battle damage was repaired before it went on display?

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U5.../amidship.html

According to the website, it says if you look closely you can still see the holes in the conning tower of the U-505. (Even though that's not a picture of her)

[Ducimus]

If anyone really wants to know the inside story on U-505, and a little about what it was like to be on a type9 uboat, i HIGHLY recommend this book:

http://www.savasbeatie.com/books/STEELBOATS_book.htm

Ive read it cover to cover, probably 4 times now (im pathetic)


This extract is good reading:
http://www.uboatwaffe.net/books/books.cgi?a=4

[kiwikapitan]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

If anyone really wants to know the inside story on U-505, and a little about what it was like to be on a type9 uboat, i HIGHLY recommend this book:

http://www.savasbeatie.com/books/STEELBOATS_book.htm

Ive read it cover to cover, probably 4 times now (im pathetic)


This extract is good reading:
http://www.uboatwaffe.net/books/books.cgi?a=4

Superb find Ducimus I must have that book! I already own the brilliant Hirschfeld book based on the secret diaries of a radio operator on board U-109.