The official AHF U-boat quiz thread

[FAlmeida]

Hello Takao

Correct and now the questions yours.

Regards, Fernando

[Takao]

What U-boat commander is reported to have said "Give me my submarine, my crew and I'd like to help fight the Japs with the US Navy." and which U-Boat was he commanding?

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Bode...?


waleed

[Takao]

Correct, Waleed,

Thilo Bode commanding U 858
http://www.capemay.com/capemayarchives/germansub.html

Just got back from a week at Cape May, NJ and couldn't resist.

The floor is now yours.

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Thanks Takao!

Emblems next: 5 rings, 5 different colours. Which boat?




waleed

[FAlmeida]

17 boats displayed this rings emblem, because the CO come from Crew 36 or joining the Kriegsmarine in 1936 the year of the Berlin Olympics.
regards, Fernando

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Sorry about that, misread the article and only thought it was U 3...
Suppose the the next 17 questions will have to go to you then.


waleed

[FAlmeida]

This is the boats with Olympic rings emblem U 3, U 20, U 23, U 59, U 227, U 314, U 344, U 394, U 426, U 440, U 467, U 505, U 546, U 555, U 643, U 710, and U 1230

Now the next question.

During 1942 an U-Boat with severe damage by air attack was sunk by his commander with a torpedo fired from other U-Boat.
What is the U-boat that launched the torpedo and the name of the Commander?
What U-Boat sunk and the name of Commander?

Cheers, Fernando

[Takao]

U 652 was commanded by Georg-Werner Fraatz. U 652 was scuttled by U 81 commanded by Friedrich Guggenberger.

[FAlmeida]

Hello Takao

Correct and now the questions yours.

Regards, Fernando

[Takao]

Sorry about the wait, had to deal with a little unexpected real life excitement.

What was the first U-boat sunk by aircraft during ww2, and who was the pilot who sank her?

[mescal]

U 64, sunk on 13th April by a Swordfish flown from HMS Warspite.
The crew was PO FC Rice, Lt Cdr WLM Brown and L/A MG Pacey.

[Takao]

Close, but no cigar. This sinking was about a month earlier.

[FAlmeida]

U 31 commanded by Kptlt. Johannes Habekost
Sunk on 11.03.1940 in Jadebusen by British Bristol Blenheim aircraft 58 Squadron RAF Bomber Command. 58 dead .

The boat later raised and recommissioned on 31.07.1940 under command of Kptlt Wilfried Prellberg and sunk again on 02.11.1940 In the North Atlantic, North-West of Ireland, in position 56°26´ N x 10°18´ W, by depth charges from the British destroyer "HMS Antelope". 2 crew members dead and 43 survivors survivors made POW.

Regards, Fernando

[Takao]

We have a winner!

The next question is yours FAlmeida