The Battle of the Atlantic. First Round 1939.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:23 am
Hello to all , here goes a brief compilation of the subject ....................
Pre-war deployment........................
On August 19, 1939 and as it had been foreseen sailed the following submersibles:
Flotilla “Wegener” (Type VIIB): U-45 (Kplt Alexander Gelhaar, IWO OLt.z.S Ernst v.Bergen-Windels, WO Lt z. S. Heinz Döring); U-46 (Kplt Herbert Sohler, IWO Oblt Erich Topp); U-47 (Kplt Günther Prien, IWO Oblt Engelbert Endrass, IIWO Lt Amelung v. Varendorff); U-48 (Kplt Herbert Schulze, IWO Lt Reinhard Suhren, IIWO Lt Otto Ites); U-52 (Kplt Wolfgang Barten, IWO Hans-Jürgen Radke, IIWO Lt Wolfgang Römer) from Kiel;
Flotilla “Hundius” (Type IXA): U-37 (Kplt Heinrich Schuch, IWO Oblt Ernst Bauer), U-38 (Kplt Heinrich Liebe, IWO Obl. Z. S. Wolfgang Lüth), U-39 (Kplt Gerhard Glattes; IWO Oblt Friedrich von Gärzke; IIWO Lt Dietrich Jahr), U-40 (Kplt Werner v. Schmidt, IWO Lt Paul-Karl Loeser), U-41 (Oblt Gustav Adolf Mugler; IWO Oblt Adolf Gerlach, WO Oblt Jürgen Sander) from Wilhelmshaven. The tactical command of the whole group was exercised by the Commander of U-Flotille Hundius (6th), KrvKpt Werner Hartmann aboard of the U-37. Of these boats, the U-39 did not come back and would be lost in action in what would be its first and last patrol.
Besides four boats of the Flotilla “Saltzwedel” (Type VIIA): U-28 (Oblt Günther Kuhnke, IWO Oblt Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche), U-29 (Kplt Otto Schuhart, IWO Lt Georg Lassen, IIWO Ludwig Forster), U-33 (Kplt Hans-Wilhelm v. Dresky, IWO Oblt Hans Heidtmann), U-34 (Kplt Wilhelm Rollmann, IWO Oblt Wilfried Prellberg) from Wilhelmshaven.
Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
Fotoalbum-U-Boot-Atlantikboot-Feindfahrten-FrontbootTop bei eBay_de 1918-1945 (endet 14_02_10 200556 MEZ)
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
500 WWII - GERMAN NAVY - KRIEGSMARINE PHOTO s fm ALBUM - eBay (item 140349131598 end time Oct-10-09 073732 PDT).
Cheers. Raúl M .
Pre-war deployment........................
On August 19, 1939 and as it had been foreseen sailed the following submersibles:
Flotilla “Wegener” (Type VIIB): U-45 (Kplt Alexander Gelhaar, IWO OLt.z.S Ernst v.Bergen-Windels, WO Lt z. S. Heinz Döring); U-46 (Kplt Herbert Sohler, IWO Oblt Erich Topp); U-47 (Kplt Günther Prien, IWO Oblt Engelbert Endrass, IIWO Lt Amelung v. Varendorff); U-48 (Kplt Herbert Schulze, IWO Lt Reinhard Suhren, IIWO Lt Otto Ites); U-52 (Kplt Wolfgang Barten, IWO Hans-Jürgen Radke, IIWO Lt Wolfgang Römer) from Kiel;
Flotilla “Hundius” (Type IXA): U-37 (Kplt Heinrich Schuch, IWO Oblt Ernst Bauer), U-38 (Kplt Heinrich Liebe, IWO Obl. Z. S. Wolfgang Lüth), U-39 (Kplt Gerhard Glattes; IWO Oblt Friedrich von Gärzke; IIWO Lt Dietrich Jahr), U-40 (Kplt Werner v. Schmidt, IWO Lt Paul-Karl Loeser), U-41 (Oblt Gustav Adolf Mugler; IWO Oblt Adolf Gerlach, WO Oblt Jürgen Sander) from Wilhelmshaven. The tactical command of the whole group was exercised by the Commander of U-Flotille Hundius (6th), KrvKpt Werner Hartmann aboard of the U-37. Of these boats, the U-39 did not come back and would be lost in action in what would be its first and last patrol.
Besides four boats of the Flotilla “Saltzwedel” (Type VIIA): U-28 (Oblt Günther Kuhnke, IWO Oblt Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche), U-29 (Kplt Otto Schuhart, IWO Lt Georg Lassen, IIWO Ludwig Forster), U-33 (Kplt Hans-Wilhelm v. Dresky, IWO Oblt Hans Heidtmann), U-34 (Kplt Wilhelm Rollmann, IWO Oblt Wilfried Prellberg) from Wilhelmshaven.
Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
Fotoalbum-U-Boot-Atlantikboot-Feindfahrten-FrontbootTop bei eBay_de 1918-1945 (endet 14_02_10 200556 MEZ)
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
500 WWII - GERMAN NAVY - KRIEGSMARINE PHOTO s fm ALBUM - eBay (item 140349131598 end time Oct-10-09 073732 PDT).
Cheers. Raúl M .