Hans Göttel, a survivor of U-272, U-448 and U-575.
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A photo taken of Han at the time I met him in Rammelsbach, Germany.Comment
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Wilhelm Karweg, who went down on U-960 on 19 May 1944 north of Algiers.Comment
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Walter Buthge, A German Cross in Gold recipient, who went down on U-68 on 9 February 1944.Comment
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Karl Dettmer, who went down on U-118 on 12 June 1943.Comment
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Emmerich Stranner, who went down on U-289 on 31 May 1944 in the Barents Sea.Comment
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Friedrich Rein, who served on U-106, served on another U-Boat (I can't rmember which, but his commander was a Knight's Cross recipient) and was killed in action while serving with an anti-tank unit in 1945. Notice the home-made cover and how it is blood-soaked as are the pages of the Soldbuch.Comment
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Barry,
those two U 378 Soldbücher are something really special, two friends and you have both their booklets.
That contact with Otto's sister and the photo of the two friend together is so great.
Thanks you for sharing this piece of Uboat history with us here on WAF.
Michal,
No new information for you of course but :
Hans Beck left U 383 at the right time, as she was sunk August 1 1943, only to be killed later on U 317, same fate as his U 383 comrades, being sunk with all hands by an aircraft.
But I thought that U 317 only made 2 very short patrols and not 4.
Barry again,
Wow, nice collection of your other UBoat Soldbücher.
Same story for you, no new information for you that I write here.
Göttel did got away with it two times, he was 1 of the 19 survivors after U 272 did sunk after a collision with U 634, see that most of the ones that were killed were below deck machine personal.
He was lucky again when U 575 was sunk and he was 1 of the 37 survivors.
Buthge was a long time crewmember on U68 under Merten, great to see that you also have his DKiG file card, he received his DKiG on April 9, one day before U 68 was sunk on April 10, there was only one survivor, Hans Kastrup.
U 188 lost the battle against 8 Avenger aircraft, there were 16 survivors.
U 106 was another Uboat with a long history and many ships sunk, Rein was one of the lucky survivors when U 106 was sunk, 22 dead and 36 survivors.
I hope that you will remember his other Uboat number again.
Gentlemen, thank you for showing your UBoat booklets.
yours friendly
Eric-JanComment
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Absolutely fantastic U Boat ID examples being shown here.....a great thread indeed....
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Names in Hans Gottermeyer's Soldbuch. U 103 - U 198.
- Page 2 : Friedrich Markworth. RK.08.07.1943. as Kmdt. U 66.
- Page 3 : Werner Winter. RK.05.06.1942 as Kmdt. U 103.
- Page 4 : Markworth again.
- Page 4 : signed for the DKiG . Ritter Eberhard von Georg.
1.st. Feindfahrt Ob.Fänhr.z.S.u.II.WO.
2.nd. Feindfahrt Lt.z.S. and KIA on U 198.
- Page 13 : OFkMt. Hans Mißfelder, (page not scanned) KIA on U 198.
- Page 20 : von Georg again.
- Page 36 : 1st. leave, Oskar-Heinz Kush, II&I.WO U 103, Kmdt. U 154.
Executed 12.05.1944.
- Page 36 : 2nd. leave, Winter again.
- Page 37 : 8th. leave, Werner Hartmann, RK.09.05.1940 as Kmdt. U 37.,
EL. 05.11.1944.
- Page 38 : 9th. leave, Hartmann again.
- Page 38 : 10th. leave, Lt.s.Z. Heinz-Otto Hesse, KIA on U 198.
- Page 38 : 11th. leave, von Georg again.
yours friendly
Eric-JanComment
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http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=1#post4532575
Some photos of Hans Gottermeyer.
yours friendly
Eric-JanComment
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A very nice and interesting thread which is worth to be read from the beginning to the end. Unfortunately I don't have any U-Boot WPs / SBs and never had one but it seems they are quite rare as they don't show up not very often.
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What a great thread.
Barry, you never cease to amaze me with the IDs you share with us. IMHO you've got the single most impressive collection of quality IDs out there. Simply amazing.......
RobComment
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