Far East Monsun U 178 Commander Wilhelm Dommes

[Ian Lim]

Hello,
I have this photo of monsun U boat captian Wilhelm Dommes (second from right) & his staff in Singapore.

He was captian of U-178 that sailed to Penang & Singapore in 1943.

Wilhelm was later in charge of the running of Far Eastern U Boat operations.

Became a POW to the Japanese first and later British and released in 1947.

[Ian Lim]

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[Ian Lim]

U 178 in the Asia, see the Chinese Junk boats on the left..

[aardvark]

Fantastic photos Ian! Really like the one above...so are those Japanese escorts you think?

- Mark

[Ian Lim]

Hi Mark,

I think they are japanese escorts too

[dblmed]

ME 163 Comet - by Monsun U-Boat..

Great thread & I imagine that you are buddies with Ibrihim?

I just read this book, noting that ME 163 Comet 'Rocket Aircraft' were carried by Monsun U-Boots, to be used by the Japanese against the B-29's over Japan.

It is a very interesting read - and I learned about a previously unknown subject. Keep up the Great Research on Monsuns! Txs, Dave / dblmed

[dblmed]

The Book....

Information is in this book..... Dave / dblmed

[ibrahim ahmad]

Great thread & I imagine that you are buddies with Ibrihim?

I just read this book, noting that ME 163 Comet 'Rocket Aircraft' were carried by Monsun U-Boots, to be used by the Japanese against the B-29's over Japan.

It is a very interesting read - and I learned about a previously unknown subject. Keep up the Great Research on Monsuns! Txs, Dave / dblmed

Hi dave,

Yeah, you guessed it, we work together


Yes, the German & Japanese Naval forces worked together for;-

1) Exchange of raw material between each countries, example Germany needs rubber & japan needs mercury. (However, using several subs still could not match a single blockade runner ship cargo)

2) Exchange of technologies. Example japanese torpedoes were much better than germans as they were hydro propelled plus leaves no trail for the victim to see when its launched. (However , adopting these technologies were a different issue, as each axis country thought only highly of their own)

3) Cooperation in destroying allied ships. (However, Japan did not put their priorities in attacking Allied merchant ships but on Allied destroyers. They did not employ the germans wolfpack tactic but ironically the allies did with devastating results)

Could you email to me a better pic of that your post? I believe its a prototype not used during the war.

Thanks for the support


Cheers,
Ibrahim,
Singapore.

[Ian Lim]

Hi Ibrahim, Dave,

Thanks for all the information!

time we have a thread on the Monsun U Boats!

Here are some of the main Monsun U Boat commanders of the Far East, taken from the German book "Haie Im Paradies" by Jochen Brennecke, I bought a german book that I cannot read just for these pictures

If I remember correctly only 4 (out of 50?) Monsun U Boat made it back to europe.

BTW, Ibrahim through his friends in Indonesia even located the tomstones of the captian of U195 and some of his crew, some were even murdered by the Indonesians!