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Also check this post by yours truly at
http://www.uboat.net:

http://www.uboat.net/forum/read.php?f=3&i=3863&t=3858

Type in "Aruba" in the forum's search engine, and it will yield numerous results.

Regards,
Visje

Hi Danny, It was indeed the U-156 that fired the torpedo that beached. It was during the attack on two Lake-tankers. Later, several Dutch navy men were killed while trying to salvage the beached torpedo in a somewhat unsafe manner. It exploded and I believe three were killed (one officer and two mar...

According to Ladislas Farago in his book "The Game of the Foxes", about the activities of the German Abwehr, the whole story was fabricated by a journalist in New York, who sold these stories to Saturday Evening Post.

Regards,
Visje

Hi Peter, Thanks a lot for the information. The information I have is hearsay, but I do know the source: Greve "Die Luftverteidigung von Wilhelmshafen", or a title to that extent. The Kommandogerat 41/L (if it really was that one) was used in combination with the type 6m R range finder, II...

Hi all,

I have found a reference to something called "Kommandogerät 41/L(uft?)", which was fitted to Schwimmende Flakbatterien Arkona and Medusa. The name suggests some sort of fire control system, but what exactly was it?

Thanks,
Visje

German schnellboote S-151 and S-152 were there. These were former Dutch boats, and I would be very interested to know what happened to them!

U-2540 is preserved as Wilhelm Bauer.
Try:

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u2540.htm

and

http://www.uboat.net/gallery/index.html?gallery=U2540

Rgds,
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The captain of the German raider, Detmers, wrote a book about the cruise of the Kormoran.

Try http://www.german-navy.de

Special versions of the Me-109, Ju-87 and Fieseler Storch were developed for carrier use.

Visje

You are probably talkinga bout U-33, which was sunk during a minelaying operation by HMS Gleaner:

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u33.htm
http://www.uboat.net/maps/irish_sea.htm

HTH,

Visje

Hi Christoph,

It's very helpful, thanks :) Do you have anything on losses these units suffered during May 9 - May 15, 1940? I'm looking into AA claims made by Dutch surface ships during this period.

Visje

Can anyone tell me which German Luftwaffe Units were involved in minelaying operations off Dutch ports on May 10, 1940 (and the following days)? TIA,

Visje

HI Arthur,

Perhaps a different approach may be successful as well :)
Try this forum for starters:

http://disc.server.com/Indices/37919.html

Regards,

Visje

Hi,

Try the forum at http://www.uboat.net
Usually they can help out with such requests.

Visje

Hi all, I think I have found the incident in Brennecke's book. The freighter Weserland left France in Mid september 1942. She was attacked by a Sunderland flying boat, which the ship brought down with her Flak. There were apparently two survivors of the aircraft, which were picked up. One had heavy ...